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A Holiday Present: High-Def TV Prices Falling

With visions of sweet profits dancing in their heads, HDTV vendors rolled out new features the past several months to entice people to pay top dollar for new televisions. Consumers didn't bite widely, though, so "vendors have been dropping prices by anywhere from 5% to 10%," said Kurt Scherf, an analyst at research firm Parks Associates. The cuts could continue, drawing buyers over the holiday ...

From the article, "A Holiday Present: High-Def TV Prices Falling" by Paul Korzeniowski

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