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LCD (liquid crystal display) high-definition televisions have taken the HDTV market by storm. When they started to go mainstream nearly a decade ago they were expensive and couldn't match the picture quality of the rear-projection or plasma sets of the day. These days, though, they're inexpensive, efficient, look great, and are super-lightweight. All that has combined to give them huge popularity among consumers. LCD's popularity is so clear that Sony is getting out of the rear-projection television (RPTV) market, focusing entirely on LCD televisions.Sony already ditched their plasma production line this time three years ago to focus on LCD and rear-projection. That the company is focusing solely on LCD is an indicator of just how dominant the technology has become. The problems that plagued early sets, such as poor contrast ratios and dull colors when viewed from an angle, have been all but eliminated. Meanwhile, other TV manufacturers like Toshiba and Philips have also ditched rear-projection televisions. RPTV's rely on an internal bulb to beam an image onto the back of a plastic screen. Rear-projection televisions are even cheaper than LCDs inch-for-inch, but they can't match the form of the one- or two-inch-thin flat-panel displays, a feature many shoppers find appealing.
If you were in the market for one of Sony's SXRD rear-projection sets, better hurry up and pull the trigger while you still can. Or, you could just save your pennies for a few more years until OLED televisions get cheap enough to kill off LCDs.
From Engadget.
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsSUSAN PHILLIPSJan 2nd 2008 1:22PM
FOR THOSE THAT BOUGHT A REAR PROJECTION TV, I WOULD RETURN IT AND NOTIFY SONY. THIS IS SONY'S FAULT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EVERY STORE SHOULD HAVE ADVISORIES FROM SONY IN WRITING BEFORE SCAMMING THE PUBLIC.
xbig69benzxJan 7th 2008 8:23PM
Does not surprise me one bit that the rear projection TVs are going out of style. I never really liked them all that much anyway and couldn't understand why someone who wanted a projector would get one inside of a fixed cabinet. A regular projector would be way more practical and flexible than a RP TV. I recently purchased, and got a great deal on a Samsung 19" LCD and it seems a nice compromise between price, efficiency, and has a brilliant picture quality unmatched by giant RPs(some costing ten times the price I paid for my LCD). Samsung is also supposed to be one of the greenest companies out there, and they claim their LCD will last for 27 years with 6 hours use per day. Now if only there were actually uncensored programming on TV, something educational, and or actually entertaining. I am getting a bit disgusted with what makes it to the TV set these days, it's our window to the world, yet that window is occasionally smoke screened (like the Iraq War, which we rarely see real coverage of...I wonder why? Hmmm...could it be that the thieves running the government might actually not be able to steal peoples souls and enslave them if there were actually educational shows on? We need Open University, bring us the BBC!)
dieseldriverJan 5th 2008 7:25PM
i bought a sony 60" rp set this week and delivered today. great picture,lots of options and i can view it from side rooms with clarity. it replaced a 53" rp from hitachi that i thought had a great picture 'till i saw sony's no regrets
DebbieJan 5th 2008 9:52PM
You're never screwed buying Sony. Why even worry about servicing it? Honestly, mine never breaks or needs servicing, therefore I don't have to buy a new one. Unfortunately their televisions usually live for 15 to 20 years. So they're pretty old by the time I need to get a new one. It's kind of embarassing. haha