It's a new product and some people will pay more for it. They SHOULD charge more for it now, reap profits, and lower the price as demand for higher priced stuff recedes.
If they fail to do that, they should be sued for breach of fiduciary duty. Making money is the only reason they are making sweet ass TVs.
@iPaul I am sure there some fixing going on. I read reports from CES 2010 (& a few from the week right before) that 3D would add just $200-300 to the tv (not counting glasses)... but we will never find out & if we do lt will be many years until we find out. How long have (normal) LCD prices been fixed, years & we just find out what was it last summer(?) that price fixing was going on.
@Seemore I can tell you this from more than 20 years in the technology industry that this is the case with most electronics. What's more is that now they are designed to fail as which was not always the case. So now we have an industry that deliberate breaks it's parts,components and end user products while price fixing (cpu,memory,os,hdd,lcd,etc,etc) and designed to fail as soon as warranty terminates.
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The 40- and 55-inch versions are similarly priced, at $1,999 and $3,299, respectively,
40" / $1999 $49.975 per inch
55" / $3299 $59.98 per inch
pricey
there is 100% price fixing going on in these markets.
@iPaul
What in the hell is "price fixing"
It's a new product and some people will pay more for it. They SHOULD charge more for it now, reap profits, and lower the price as demand for higher priced stuff recedes.
If they fail to do that, they should be sued for breach of fiduciary duty. Making money is the only reason they are making sweet ass TVs.
@iPaul
I am sure there some fixing going on. I read reports from CES 2010 (& a few from the week right before) that 3D would add just $200-300 to the tv (not counting glasses)... but we will never find out & if we do lt will be many years until we find out. How long have (normal) LCD prices been fixed, years & we just find out what was it last summer(?) that price fixing was going on.
@Seemore I can tell you this from more than 20 years in the technology industry that this is the case with most electronics. What's more is that now they are designed to fail as which was not always the case. So now we have an industry that deliberate breaks it's parts,components and end user products while price fixing (cpu,memory,os,hdd,lcd,etc,etc) and designed to fail as soon as warranty terminates.