Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Tweeter: We're in the Calm Before the Pricing Storm

Electronics specialty retailer Tweeter said in its latest quarterly earnings call that it expects flat-panel HDTV prices to hold relatively stable in the first half of this year until 1080p plasma models from Panasonic and Pioneer hit the shelves, at which time a liquidation of sorts will take place on the older 768p models. At that point, plasma will be more competitive with LCD, which could lead to price wars in the 1080p product lines.

In its rear-projection business, company execs say that consumers are no longer interested in 50-inch 720p DLP and LCoS models, with most demanding larger screen sizes in the 60- to 70-inch range and 1080p resolution.

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