Tuesday May 30, 2006 
Tuesday May 30, 2006
Flat-panel TVs face competition from conventional box sets
Flat-panel televisions now cost 40 percent less in Singapore than a year ago, and industry watchers are predicting a further 30 percent drop by year's end, led by LCD TVs. LCD TV sales have more than doubled in the first four months of this year to S$97 million compared to a year ago, while plasma TV sales came to S$53 million.
Still, makers of flat panel TVs are facing an unlikely competitor - the conventional box set. Price remains a stickler. A 29-inch tube TV runs at about S$800, while a similar flat panel TV set will set you back at least three times more. Analysts say the price difference is keeping consumers from going all out for flat panels. And observers predict a shake-out, with LCDs possibly pushing plasmas into low volume, high-end markets.
See also :
1. Thin CRT challenging flat panels
2. Slimmer tube TVs to challenge flat panels
(2006-05-30 07:03:41 SGT)
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Interesting. Here in the US, new tube TVs are pretty much unavailable except in the very small sizes. I wrote about it at: http://creativekarma.com/ee.php/weblog/comments/where_did_tv_sets_go/
Posted by Doug on May 30, 2006 at 07:46 AM SGT #