Orion's el cheap-o 32 and 37-inch HDTVs for Japan

by Thomas Ricker, posted Dec 12th 2006 at 9:08AM

More evidence to support the continued free-fall of flat panel prices in Japan and abroad: the ¥89,000 (about $768) 32-inch and ¥129,800 (about $1,110) 37-inch Orion LCD TVs. Both panels are available from Japan's Orion Direct and feature integrated digital/analog terrestrial tuners, a 1366x768 resolution, 1000:1 contrast, up to 500cd/m2 brightness, and 176-degree viewing angle with HDMI, D4, S-Video, and a couple of composite inputs. Ok, we're not talking cheap a la the similarly spec'd $500 32-inch KONKA our readers discovered yesterday, but hey, damn cheap for Japan.

[Via Impress]

Read -- 32-inch LD32V-TD1
Read -- 37-inch LD37V-TD1

Filed under: Displays, HDTV

Tags: 32-inch, 37-inch, lcd, LD32V-TD1, LD37V-TD1, Orion, orion direct, OrionDirect

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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bdaalex @ Dec 12th 2006 10:32AM

virtually identical styling to Sony's XBR1 and 2 models...

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Oddmanout @ Dec 12th 2006 11:32AM

It was bound to happen. Remember 'Back to the Future' ?

'Do you have a television set ?'
"Yeah...you know he have...TWO of'em..."
'Wow! You MUST be rich!'

Such prices have been attainable via sales and rebate offers for a while now, but I'm guessing the hype here is that regular prices are getting on the low side, and the bargain basement labels (Konka...Funai...Symphonic...Sylvania...etc...) are even gracing flat panels these days...

I'm just glad I'm still single, and young/selfish/stupid enough to spoil myself with something like a 32"+ FP...

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Tyler @ Dec 12th 2006 12:09PM

First! haha :P Does anyone notice what other LCD this set looks like?

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Tigz @ Dec 12th 2006 11:34PM

Toshiba Regza!!!!

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