Interesting article at Time.com on the future of flat panels. See http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...202-3,00.html.
Interesting article on future of flat panels
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TEN years? I'd say more like TWO years. For me, it was two years AGO. Virtually all new custom homes are designed with either a dedicated HT or flat screens and flush mounts. Furniture placed away from walls by a foot or so with large expansive areas.... spacious, open.
A HUGE box in the middle of the living area does NOT configure into the mix any more.
Look at any futuristic movie and try to find a big box somewhere in the room. You can't. I know it's movies, but science fiction is still half science.
| quote from Martin Reynolds "In 10 years' time, it'll be embarrassing to have a regular, old-fashioned TV set," |
A HUGE box in the middle of the living area does NOT configure into the mix any more.
Look at any futuristic movie and try to find a big box somewhere in the room. You can't. I know it's movies, but science fiction is still half science.
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I'm not even talking futuristic movies....try commercials (especially those for cable or satellite TV). Dish Network has tossed the tube sets they *used* to use in their ads and replaced them with FPs. Comcast did the same (except for the *animated dish* ads).
In fact, one other way to think about it is by looking at the pricing for RPTVs. Why else are RPTVs not only below (for the most part) $2K MSRP today, but headed for extinction?
RPTVs are the epitomy of the big box TV of yore. Even with HDTV built-in and CableCARD, it's still a big box.
FPTVs are definitely TV-as-art (even when off). You generally hang them like other wall art, and the higher-end models even let you upload pictures to them to show when the TV side is not in use (Sony, for example, uses MemoryStick for this).
Also, TV-as-wall-art appeals to the wife factor in a major TV purchase (especially in North America). Nowadays, the wife does not want the TV to stand out when off. A TV that hangs on the wall takes up no floor space, meaning that floor space can be used to other art (like fancy tables) as opposed to serviceable-yet-clunky floor stands.
Between LCDs and plasmas, the entire CRT market (except for niche applications) will be belly-up globally within seven years.
Consumer, professional, industrial, you name it. Except for certain niches, CRTs will be doorknobs.
| Originally posted by Artisn TEN years? I'd say more like TWO years. For me, it was two years AGO. Virtually all new custom homes are designed with either a dedicated HT or flat screens and flush mounts. Furniture placed away from walls by a foot or so with large expansive areas.... spacious, open. A HUGE box in the middle of the living area does NOT configure into the mix any more. Look at any futuristic movie and try to find a big box somewhere in the room. You can't. I know it's movies, but science fiction is still half science. |
In fact, one other way to think about it is by looking at the pricing for RPTVs. Why else are RPTVs not only below (for the most part) $2K MSRP today, but headed for extinction?
RPTVs are the epitomy of the big box TV of yore. Even with HDTV built-in and CableCARD, it's still a big box.
FPTVs are definitely TV-as-art (even when off). You generally hang them like other wall art, and the higher-end models even let you upload pictures to them to show when the TV side is not in use (Sony, for example, uses MemoryStick for this).
Also, TV-as-wall-art appeals to the wife factor in a major TV purchase (especially in North America). Nowadays, the wife does not want the TV to stand out when off. A TV that hangs on the wall takes up no floor space, meaning that floor space can be used to other art (like fancy tables) as opposed to serviceable-yet-clunky floor stands.
Between LCDs and plasmas, the entire CRT market (except for niche applications) will be belly-up globally within seven years.
Consumer, professional, industrial, you name it. Except for certain niches, CRTs will be doorknobs.
Just to add about the WAF that FPs really are.
Once I made an off hand comment to my wife that we should upgrade the current POS 27" CRT with a plasma as a joke, this is the same woman that thinks we should read books and not watch TVs at all mind you, and she said "I'd be ok with that" I then asked if she was aware of the prices of them and she still said it would be ok!!!
Armed with that permission, now I am just waiting for the consumer version of the 7UY to come out...
-SUntan
Once I made an off hand comment to my wife that we should upgrade the current POS 27" CRT with a plasma as a joke, this is the same woman that thinks we should read books and not watch TVs at all mind you, and she said "I'd be ok with that" I then asked if she was aware of the prices of them and she still said it would be ok!!!
Armed with that permission, now I am just waiting for the consumer version of the 7UY to come out...
-SUntan
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It is often amazing how wives view electronics. For me, the first hurdle was easy - she agrees there is a signifcant increase in picture quality with HDTV. Her major heartburn is the price.
The other issue is ease of use, I currently have a tangle of wires and a separate DD decoder and reciever. I was quite suprised for permission to replace the receiver to simplify wiring - and simplify audio options.
The advent of DVRs within the cable box has been a major simplification also. I will be going from six stereo components (Cable box, vcr, cd changer, dvd player, dd decoder, receiver) - to only three in the future: DVR cable box, DVD changer and new receiver. And by waiting for all HDMI connections, the wiring tangle should be greatly reduced.
JCPZero
| Originally posted by Suntan Just to add about the WAF that FPs really are. Once I made an off hand comment to my wife that we should upgrade the current POS 27" CRT with a plasma as a joke, this is the same woman that thinks we should read books and not watch TVs at all mind you, and she said "I'd be ok with that" I then asked if she was aware of the prices of them and she still said it would be ok!!! Armed with that permission, now I am just waiting for the consumer version of the 7UY to come out... -SUntan |
The other issue is ease of use, I currently have a tangle of wires and a separate DD decoder and reciever. I was quite suprised for permission to replace the receiver to simplify wiring - and simplify audio options.
The advent of DVRs within the cable box has been a major simplification also. I will be going from six stereo components (Cable box, vcr, cd changer, dvd player, dd decoder, receiver) - to only three in the future: DVR cable box, DVD changer and new receiver. And by waiting for all HDMI connections, the wiring tangle should be greatly reduced.
JCPZero
Yeah, it makes you scratch your head and wonder, she could care less about what it looks like when it is on, just as long as it is not a big ugly box when it is off.
As for the clutter, yeah that is still an issue. She loved it when I piped the HTPC feed down the wall from upstairs so she can just use the remote to control everything. Although she still wants the speaker wires eliminated - her aurgument "I saw at Best Buy that they had wireless speakers..." No way are those going to replace my Paradigms!
-Suntan
As for the clutter, yeah that is still an issue. She loved it when I piped the HTPC feed down the wall from upstairs so she can just use the remote to control everything. Although she still wants the speaker wires eliminated - her aurgument "I saw at Best Buy that they had wireless speakers..." No way are those going to replace my Paradigms!
-Suntan
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The Sleeper by Woody Allen. As I recall the big box in the middle of the room was called an Orgasmatron. Now that was most definitely a boob tube.
| Originally posted by Artisn Look at any futuristic movie and try to find a big box somewhere in the room. You can't. I know it's movies, but science fiction is still half science. |
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