-Jrabbit, there's no question that prices are going to keep getting driven down, quite dramatically.
Combine advances in technology, price pressure from competing technologies, greater manufacturing capacity, a larger installed base for capital amortization... and more, you get the picture.
Gotta bite the bullet some time though... I had my eye set on when high quality 50" plasma became available for less than $3000. Even then, I was pretty nervous about making the purchase... one of the things that *really* helped convince me about this Panny model was the two slots for installable 'blades: great upgradeability.
Why $3000? That used to be the number I always had in my head for new computers... which I replaced every 2-3 years.
Combine advances in technology, price pressure from competing technologies, greater manufacturing capacity, a larger installed base for capital amortization... and more, you get the picture.

Gotta bite the bullet some time though... I had my eye set on when high quality 50" plasma became available for less than $3000. Even then, I was pretty nervous about making the purchase... one of the things that *really* helped convince me about this Panny model was the two slots for installable 'blades: great upgradeability.
Why $3000? That used to be the number I always had in my head for new computers... which I replaced every 2-3 years.

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