IP: HDTV PRICES FALL TO ALMOST AFFORDABLE LEVELS

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
>
> HDTV PRICES FALL TO ALMOST AFFORDABLE LEVELS
>
> Though hardly low enough to prompt impulse purchases, the prices of
> high-definition TV sets have fallen below $2,000 for some 32- and 36-inch
> models, and HDTV sales are up 50% through August, while prices are down 22%.
> A CBS executive said that, in the spite of slow development of HDTV program
> offerings, high-definition TV is "a business now, not just a hobby. But
> there are still a lot of issues, that are more technological than business,
> that need to be resolved." One issue waiting for resolution is the question
> of how content suppliers can prevent the recording and illegal reuse of
> high-definition entertainment fare. (Washington Post 19 Oct 2001)
>
> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18681-2001Oct18.html>


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