http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/Oct 3rd 2006 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/
I just wish I never witnessed them back in January. Ruined me to all other types of HDTVs forever. Now I have to wait until 2008.... :(]]>Oct 3rd 2006 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/Oct 3rd 2006 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/
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So pencil me in for 2009 then! ;)
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What makes you think they'll be 2-3 times more expensive than current HDTVs? Because it's new tech? Because it doesn't have a widespread manufacturing base?

If, according to popular rumor, the SED TVs are cheaper (or at least comparable) in price to current LCD/Plasmas, the manufacturers would have little benefit at pricing it so much higher than their direct competitor.

Current CRT TVs - $100-1000
Current Plasmas - $2000-5000

If you doubled plasma prices, you're saying the SED TVs would cost $4000-10,000. At the minimum you're looking at a $2000 difference.

People are still buying SDTVs by the truck-load. Why? Cause they're cheaper. Even with a $1000 (or easily less) difference, they're still buying big, fat, heavy, smaller-screened, lower quality CRTs because they're cheaper. Why then would people (with exception to the market share of those for whom price is irrelevant, a small percentage) pay $2000 more for a TV that gives them no size advantage, no weight advantage, with a bump in quality as the only benefit?

The answer is they wouldn't. Regardless of what the quality is, the SED TVs will be competing directly with current Plasma/LCD TVs. In order to win that market battle, the SEDs will have to be priced at a similar price-point (maybe slightly higher, but if production costs are the same, there's little incentive to do so). It would be commercial suicide to price these at the ridiculous levels you're talking about.

Remember - Every time you post something stupid on Engadget, a kitten dies. Be kind, post responsibly.]]>Oct 3rd 2006 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/
46" KDL-46S2010 - $2,999.99
46" KDL-46XBR3 - $4,599.99
(based on sonystyle)

Why wouldn't the average person want to pay more for a better contrast and response time?
In 2 years the current $4,600 TV's will cost $2,000 and the new 46" SED will cost $5,000+ (based on my opinon) because it is the newest and "Better" technology.]]>Oct 3rd 2006 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/
Let's hope the price is competitive so I can have one too!]]>Oct 3rd 2006 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/
I'm at work, with a CRT monitor and unfortunately some poor fool who sat here before me left the log-in screen on constantly. This monitor will forever suffer from burn-in, showing a shadow of the "Windows 200 Pro" graphic.

I have no idea if the new SEDs will suffer from the same malady (someone smarter than me will have to analyze what little info we got about the new tech), but Brad's fear is not without merit. In fact, after my moment of disbelief and awe at the specs, that was my thought that brought me back to reality.

If, by chance, the SED tech does suffer from potential burn-in, let's hope they build in protections against it (like they have for a lot of plasmas out there that have the same potential downfall). Otherwise my next TV might be, once again, an LCD based set.]]>Oct 3rd 2006 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/
Canon and Toshiba want to take major market share from everyone else and burn-in is the main thing that hurts Plasma (when compared with LCD).

While Plasma and LCD will continue to fall in price, SED's will likely fill in the higher end consumer price point vacated by falling LCD and Plasma prices.]]>Oct 3rd 2006 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/
LCDs have never been suseptible to burn-in, you might be thinking of Plasma, for which burn-in is still an issue, but much less so than earlier Plasma sets.

SED Televisions, if I understand the technology correctly, will be just as suseptible as CRTs are, which is to say, not very.]]>Oct 3rd 2006 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/Oct 3rd 2006 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/
Even with the competition I can see these things demanding a premium.]]>Oct 3rd 2006 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/
Wassup with that?]]>Oct 3rd 2006 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/
I still want an SED as I saw it on CES'06 in person and it was the best that I've seen. Well that and the GE's; I think that was the brand name, it's been 9 months so I forgot :-). I so want to go again for 2007.]]>Oct 3rd 2006 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/
I have a HTPC set-up right now, I specifically got a rear-projection LCD to protect against burn in, since I run WinXP constantly, otherwise there is strong potential for burn-in of the task bar.

I really think you're both right, but I'm crossing my fingers that the manufacturers of SED will take even more precautions against burn-in, just to be safe.

I would cry if I bought a beautiful SED TV, then one day started watching a movie and realized I had the ghost of a taskbar infecting every movie I watched. I would cry like a little girl, and I wouldn't be ashamed.]]>Oct 3rd 2006 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/
One would expect an initial appearance at the low end in cellphone and digital camera/camcorder displays that would be much easier to produce and take advantage of the technology's ability to work in daylight, where LCDs get washed out by direct sunlight.

Following that, in notebook displays, where the ability to operate in direct sunlight, along with a gorgeous display image would support a premium price point. Also, in desktop displays, where they could compete not only on the basis of image quality, but as calibrated displays providing the color integrity that LCDs do not have and that graphic arts professionals are accustomed to having in CRTs.

Last, one would expect to see a technology like this appear in wall-mounted HDTVs, because it IS expensive to produce and will offer the fabuluous imagery at a much lower profit margin than plasma or LCD displays.

But they're not doing it this way -- I wonder why?]]>Oct 3rd 2006 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/
Already three years behind schedule, it's fast becoming vaporware. Hopefully its specifications won't be superseded by the time it finally makes it to consumers' living rooms.

http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/sed-tv.htm]]>Oct 3rd 2006 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/Oct 3rd 2006 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/
My direct-view tube HDTV has an amazing picture compared to plasma or LCD but damn this thing is huge. The SED promises to give me as good a picture and be an inch or 2 thick.]]>Oct 3rd 2006 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/Oct 3rd 2006 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/
http://digg.com/hardware/First_Gen_SED_TVs_to_Feature_50_000_1_Contrast_and_1ms_Response_Time]]>Oct 3rd 2006 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/
I bought a 65" 1080i Mits about 3.5" years ago and it still does look as good as just about any TV rolling off the assemply line even today. It doesn't do 1080p which is a shame but DVDs look as good as any plasma or LCD as well as HDTV broadcasts. I'd love to move it to my bedroom and get an 80" SED to replace it.

The 1080p is a step in the right direction and SEDs (I saw them already) do look great but let's face it anything below 65" is a shame unless they are the low end option and the 80" screens are out by the end of 2008.]]>Oct 3rd 2006 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/480, will do just fine sitting as little as 12 feet away.

I do agree with you about the sub-40" sizes, they just started carrying 20"-37" LCD TVs in RadioShack stores now, and they're going crazy about it. Haha, yeah, sure, have fun spending just over a grand for a TV set that you have to sit 6 feet from and still look like garbage on anything but a pure HD feed.]]>Oct 3rd 2006 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/
Then again, doing a quick google I can see lots of TVs having 500-600 nits and being described as ultra bright. On a bigger screen, I could see that much helping. I think 450 should still be enough tho. I want to know if these bad boys fall victim to burn in or not (im assuming they dont and they have invented the perfect display)]]>Oct 4th 2006 3:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/
Can we have an 'advance' Engadget competition? Kind of like the way Pan Am sold tickets to the moon in the early seventies?

Not that Engadget will go the way of Pan Am......

Lee]]>Oct 4th 2006 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/03/55-inch-sed-hdtvs-on-the-way-in-08/Oct 4th 2006 11:08PM