2005 - 2006 Retail Street Pricing
by Model, Manufacturer, Format, and Diagonal Screen Size
The following chart shows street
prices for HDTV television sets by format, diagonal screen size,
manufacturer, model, and suggested street price*** from Sunday circulars
in Western North Carolina from Best
Buy (bb), Circuit
City (cc), Sears (sr),
and Wal*Mart
(wm) in November 2006.
HDTV / HD Ready / EDTV sets
were reduced in price for 2005-2006, prices ranging from $497 for
a 28-inch diagonal HDTV Direct View set to $4,499 for a 43-inch
diagonal Plasma set.
*** Note: Retail
Street Price is shown in actual street dollars, no cents.
1. Unless noted,
all floor rear-projection televisions have built-in stereo amplifier
w/speakers and HDTV-ready tuner. Please note there are two types
of rear-projection sets, one floor and one table mountable, referred
to as Micro-Rear Projection.
2. Flat-screen HDTV
format television descriptions in circulars do not mention if
they have built-in stereo amplifier or speakers. HDTV sets with
tuners will say HDB, meaning an HD tuner is built into the set,
which will not require a convertor box for off-air HDTV signals.
Please check with a salesperson if you are looking at any of the
flat-screen models mentioned on a sales floor. These sets also
don't usually include a television stand or mounting bracket for
the flat-screen HDTV set.
3. While almost all
sets shown in the chart are HDTV, some smaller screen sizes are
noted to be only EDTV-Ready. The EDTV means that these
sets, when noted EDTV, can display the higher resolution of the
playback of an enhanced 480p DVD picture, assuming the DVD playback
unit is EDTV capable with component output jacks. An EDTV set
cannot display 720i or 1080i High-Def signals.
4. Basic 5.1 Dolby
very low-wattage, separate, home stereo systems start around $400
if you need to ad audio to your wall-hanging HDTV set.. Basic
HDTV stands can run $400 or more. Normally these don't have enough
space to hold all the components, probably requiring you to purchase
an additional vertical component stand to be placed near your
flat-screen HDTV set. If you need to mount the speakers on the
wall, you may have to also purchase a mounting bracket for each
speaker.
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Update:
About 20.8 million flat-panel TVs
were estimated to be sold in 2005 worldwide, almost double the
10.9 million units sold in 2004. Sales in 2005 were expected to
be 47 percent, iSuppli said. -
8/15/05 - AP - LifeScience
KEY (Columns
1 - 6.)
|
1.)
|
Television
sets included are HDTV (HD) /
HDTV BUILT-IN (HDB) /
ED (E) |
|
2.)
|
Screen
Size ( always inches measured diagonally) |
|
3.)
|
Format:
Direct View (DRV),
Rear Projector (RPJ),
Micro-Rear Projection (MPJ),
LCD (LCD),
SXRD (SXR^),
DLP (DLP),
Plasma (PLM) |
|
4.)
|
Street
Price |
|
5.)
|
Manufacturer
(Actual) |
|
6.)
|
Model
Number (Actual) |
| *
- Monitor only |
**
LG - Formerly Goldstar |
#
- DVD player built-in |
(Circuit City Price 11/05 and
12/05=cc/ Best Buy Price 11/05 and 12/05=bb / Sears Roebuck
Price 11/05 = sr / and Walmart Price 11-12/05 = wm.)
^
SXRD has been developed from LCD (liquid crystal
display) technology, and features pixels that are much smaller
and more densely packed than in a conventional panel. In a projection
TV, the image is displayed on a small panel and projected onto
a larger glass screen using a system of lenses, which means that
HDTV resolution requires a large number of pixels in a small panel.
(Source: PC
World)
2005 - 2006 Sampling of HDTV Prices
| HD/HDR/ED |
Screen |
Format |
Price |
Manufacturer |
Model
# |
| HD |
15
in. |
LCD |
$
--289cc |
Polaroid |
FLM1511 |
| HD* |
17
in. |
LCD |
$
--499bb |
Phillips |
17PF8946 |
| HD# |
17
in. |
LCD |
$
--539cc |
Magnavox |
17MD255V |
| HD |
20
in. |
LCD |
$
--699cc |
Panasonic |
TC20LA5 |
| HD |
20
in. |
LCD |
$
--899cc |
Sharp-Aquos
|
LC2088US |
| HD* |
23
in. |
LCD |
$
--999cc/sr |
Samsung |
LN-R238W |
| HD* |
23
in. |
LCD |
$
1,099cc |
LG |
23LX1RV |
| HD*# |
23
in. |
LCD |
$
1,199bb |
Toshiba |
23H2V85 |
| HD* |
26
in. |
LCD |
$
--696wm |
ilo |
ILO-2600 |
| HD* |
26
in. |
LCD |
$
--799sr |
Magnavox |
26MF605 |
| HD |
26
in. |
LCD |
$
1,199cc/bb |
Sharp-Aquos |
LC26GA5U |
| HD* |
26
in. |
LCD |
$
1,399sr |
Samsung |
LN-R268W |
| HD |
26
in. |
LCD |
$
1,499cc/sr/bb |
Sony |
KLVS26A10 |
| HD |
26
in. |
LCD |
$
1,599sr |
Sharp |
LC26D44 |
| HD* |
27
in. |
LCD |
$
1,399sr |
Toshiba |
27HL85 |
| HD |
28
in. |
DRV |
$
--497wm |
Sanyo |
HT28745 |
| HD |
30
in. |
DRV |
$
--699bb |
Phillips |
30PW9100D |
| HD |
30
in. |
DRV |
$
--899/bbcc/sr |
Samsung |
TXR3265 |
| HD* |
30
in. |
DRV |
$
--899cc/sr |
Sony |
KV-30HS420 |
| HD |
32
in. |
DRV |
$--
399sr |
JVC |
AV32WF36 |
| HD* |
32
in. |
DRV |
$
--699sr |
Samsung |
TXR3265 |
| HD* |
32
in. |
DRV |
$
--999sr |
Sony |
KX32HS420 |
| HD* |
32
in. |
LCD |
$
1,199cc/sr |
Magnavox |
32MF605W |
| HDB |
32
in. |
LCD |
$
1,599cc |
Sharp-Aquos |
LC32DA5U |
| HD |
32
in. |
LCD |
$
1,299bb |
Best
Buy |
IS-LLDTV32 |
| HD |
32
in. |
LCD |
$
1,899cc |
Panasonic |
TC32LX50 |
| HD* |
32
in. |
LCD |
$
1,899bb |
Samsung |
LNR328W |
| HD |
32
in. |
LCD |
$
1,899sr |
Samsung |
TC32LX50 |
| HD |
37
in. |
LCD |
$
2,799bb |
Aquos |
LC37DB54 |
| HD |
37
in. |
LCD |
$
2,799sr |
Sharp |
LC37D44 |
| HDB |
40
in. |
LCD |
$
3,099bb/cc |
Samsung |
LNR408D |
| HD |
40
in. |
LCD |
$
3,499sr |
Sony |
HT6900DP |
| HD |
42
in. |
LCD |
$
1,999cc/sr |
Sony |
KDFE42A10 |
| HD |
42
in. |
MPJ |
$
1,999sr |
Sony |
1KMX001A-NS12 |
| HD |
42
in. |
RPJ |
$
1,999bb |
Samsung |
HLR4266W |
| ED |
42
in. |
PLM |
$
1,999sr |
Panasonic |
TH42PD50 |
| ED |
42
in. |
PLM |
$
2,199bb |
Samsung |
SPR4232 |
| HD |
42
in. |
PLM |
$
2,699sr |
Hitachi |
42HD52 |
| HD |
42
in. |
PLM |
$
2,999bb |
Phillips |
42PF9630A |
| HD |
42
in. |
PLM |
$
2,999cc |
Samsung |
HPR4252 |
| HD |
42
in. |
PLM |
$
2,999sr |
Toshiba |
42HP95 |
| HD |
42
in. |
PLM |
$
3,299cc |
Zenith |
42HDS52A |
| HD |
43
in. |
PLM |
$
4,499bb |
Pioneer |
PDP-4361 |
| HDB |
50
in. |
LCD |
$
2,299cc |
Hitachi |
50V720 |
| HD |
50
in. |
MPJ |
$
2,299sr |
Hitachi |
HIT50V720 |
| HD |
50
in. |
DLP |
$
2,499sr |
Samsung |
HL-R5067W |
| HD |
50
in. |
PLM |
$
3,299bb |
Zenith |
Z50PX2D |
| HDB |
50
in. |
PLM |
$
3,499cc |
Zenith |
Z50PX2D |
| HD |
50
in. |
PLM |
$
3,999sr |
Samsung |
TH50PX50U |
| HD |
50
in. |
SRX |
$
3,999sr |
Sony |
KDSR50A10 |
| HD |
51
in. |
RPJ |
$
--989sr |
Magnavox |
51MP6100 |
| HD |
51
in. |
RPJ |
$
1,799bb |
Sony |
KDP51W5655 |
| HD |
52
in. |
RPJ |
$
--988wm |
RCA |
HDJ2W59 |
| HD |
52
in. |
DLP |
$
2,499bb |
Toshiba |
52HM95 |
| HD |
52
in. |
MRP |
$
2,599sr |
JVC |
HD52G886 |
| HD |
56
in. |
RPJ |
$
2,999bb |
JVC |
HD56G786 |
| HD |
56
in. |
DLP |
$
2,999cc |
Samsung |
HLR5667W |
| HD |
56
in. |
DLP |
$
3,199sr |
Toshiba |
56HM195 |
| HD |
57
in. |
RPJ |
$
1,899cc |
Hitachi |
57F710S |
| HD |
60
in. |
SXR |
$4,999sr |
Sony |
KDSR60XBR1 |
| HD |
62
in. |
LCD |
$
3,499bb/sr |
Mitsubishi |
WS62527 |
| HD |
62
in. |
DLP |
$4,199sr |
Mitshbishi |
MITWD6227 |
| HD |
65
in. |
RPJ |
$2,299sr |
Mitshbishi |
WS65517 |
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