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re: It feels like TV prices are on a race to the bottom.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 12:55 pm to The Baker
Posted on 1/23/25 at 12:55 pm to The Baker
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Theres no reason an iphone should cost $1000. The cost of production isnt anywhere close.
That's correct, I remember reading somewhere that one I-phone costs approx. $30 to make.
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Posted on 1/23/25 at 12:56 pm to Crusty
quote:Picture was phenomenal at the time.... Ours got messed up after a couple years with the screen burn, or whatever they called it. I think the Wii ruined it, had constant shadow on screen no matter what you were watching.
I remember paying $3500 for a 42" plasma. You're right, it was heavy AF...but it had a great picture.
Then again, maybe I just thought that based upon what I had before this TV?
Posted on 1/23/25 at 1:00 pm to danilo
My Dad once traded a Beta VCR for a washing machine
Posted on 1/23/25 at 1:02 pm to Basura Blanco
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Imo that is ~100" screen. The 98" models are just shy of a 4' x 8' sheet of a plywood length wise and can be had for as little as $1500.
My brother has a 105" TV we saw at Christmas. It's almost too big for any normal living room. It looked good in his big living room but I honestly wouldn't want it in mine. 85" would be the biggest we could go, sitting ~`12 feet away.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 1:03 pm to OysterPoBoy
Our family got our first TV in 1949. We paid $300 for a giant 11" Admiral which weighed a ton. In 2025 currency that is almost $4,000.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 1:35 pm to DiamondDog
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Off the shelf top of line TV been around $2,000-$2,500 since about 2000
LOL, try twice that for a "top of the line" TV.
I paid over $5000k for a 65" Mitsubishi CRT rear projection TV in 2002. You will pay ~$4000 depending on sales for the current SOTA 65" 8K TV. That is much less expensive considering inflation and a MUCH better TV but you can't get a SOTA TV in 65" and up for $2,000 today. A very good one yes, just not state of the art.
There are lots of things involved particularly economy of scale which works now because people upgrade TVs at a much faster rate than they did in the past. It amazes me how year over year TV technology becomes significantly better on the objective sense and the price for equal size and equal performance keeps plummeting.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 1:36 pm to DiamondDog
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Off the shelf top of line TV been around $2,000-$2,500 since about 2000
Not hardly. Unless your shelf is lower than the ones I see.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 2:24 pm to danilo
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Let me tell you how much VCRs used to cost back in the day. Welcome to technology baby.
My ex-mother-in-law bought a VCR when they first came out and paid something like $1200 for it in the 70's.
Same for the first home model microwaves to hit the stores.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 2:44 pm to OysterPoBoy
I will say this, all TV's are not alike. Size isn't everything (TWHS). If you do a little research, you will see that there are a lot of other issues that bring value to a TV, such as picture quality, how the picture is created, refresh rates, cheap parts vs. quality parts.
To an average TV viewer, it probably doesn't matter. But if you are particular about your picture quality, lighting conditions, refresh rates (Makes a HUGE difference when watching sports, or gaming on your TV), etc., you will have to pay more than prices you are seeing for a generic TV. When I bought my last one, I did a lot of research in the OLED vs. QLED vs. NEO QLED vs. UHD.
However, when I bought my in-laws a new TV for Christmas, I just bought the biggest one on the best sale.
It's way more technical now than you think.
To an average TV viewer, it probably doesn't matter. But if you are particular about your picture quality, lighting conditions, refresh rates (Makes a HUGE difference when watching sports, or gaming on your TV), etc., you will have to pay more than prices you are seeing for a generic TV. When I bought my last one, I did a lot of research in the OLED vs. QLED vs. NEO QLED vs. UHD.
However, when I bought my in-laws a new TV for Christmas, I just bought the biggest one on the best sale.
It's way more technical now than you think.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 2:45 pm to gumbo2176
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My ex-mother-in-law bought a VCR when they first came out and paid something like $1200 for it in the 70's. Same for the first home model microwaves to hit the stores.
The first digital watches were released in 1972 and cost around $2,100, which is equivalent to over $12,000 today!!
Early electronic calculators
Hewlett-Packard 9100
Released in 1968, this desk-top calculator cost $4,900. It was about the size of a typewriter and used a cathode ray tube (CRT) display.
Sharp QT-8
Released in 1969, this was the first calculator to use Large Scale Integration (LSI) chips. It cost $495 when it debuted in New York City in 1970.
Early pocket calculators
HP-35: Released in 1972, this calculator cost $395. Within three years, the price dropped to $195.
TI-50: Released in 1974, this calculator cost $170.
HP-21: Released in 1975, this calculator cost $125.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 2:45 pm to OysterPoBoy
Now that everything is streaming, your data is more valuable than the profit they can make off the TV
Posted on 1/23/25 at 2:48 pm to DiamondDog
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Off the shelf top of line TV been around $2,000-$2,500 since about 2000
No, the good plasmas were $5k and up back then.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 3:13 pm to OysterPoBoy
I saw an ad for Best Buy.. Get a 60 inch and get a 45" free All for around 600.00...
I remember one of the first things I bought after Katrina was a 45" Sony back lit TV.. I think it was around 1400.00... Soon after I got a 60" Sony back lit for 1500.00... Recently I got a 50" LED for around 200.00
I remember one of the first things I bought after Katrina was a 45" Sony back lit TV.. I think it was around 1400.00... Soon after I got a 60" Sony back lit for 1500.00... Recently I got a 50" LED for around 200.00
Posted on 1/23/25 at 3:15 pm to OysterPoBoy
You could make a good argument that the disposable Costco TV is the best part of this hellscape timeline we've been living in
"You can buy this 4000 dollar outside TV or you can buy a 70 inch TV for 280 dollars every 3 years"
"You can buy this 4000 dollar outside TV or you can buy a 70 inch TV for 280 dollars every 3 years"
Posted on 1/23/25 at 3:20 pm to Clyde Tipton
579 75” is not the same as an LG c4 77” which are still over 2k. Cheap tvs are cheap for a reason.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 3:29 pm to OysterPoBoy
Historically September is the best month to buy TVs since newer models are released for Christmas. Strange they are so cheap now.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 3:35 pm to fr33manator
I bought a Sony 46" rear projection from McDuffs back in early/mid-90s for over $2k IIRC.
Thing weighed a ton. Finally it crapped it out and wasn't worth fixing around 2008. Bought a Plasma
Picture was good until you compared directly to the LED/Plasma ones.
Thing weighed a ton. Finally it crapped it out and wasn't worth fixing around 2008. Bought a Plasma
Picture was good until you compared directly to the LED/Plasma ones.
Posted on 1/23/25 at 3:39 pm to OysterPoBoy
I just bought a $55 projector that can go 12'. 
Posted on 1/23/25 at 3:40 pm to The Mick
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It was heavy AF also, brutal.
I have a 50 inch Visio thats pushing 18 years old or so, we moved it for the first time 3 years ago, "we" being me being used to the weight of the newer ones. My god, you could anchor the titanic with that fricking thing! What did they make those things with, Mercury??
Posted on 1/23/25 at 4:09 pm to Basura Blanco
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