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As "recently" as 2003, 42-inch plasma TVs still cost $4000 and up (and that price was for a non-HD, just widescreen set). LCD sets were even more expensive, and had smaller screens. In early 2003, the first "big" LCD TV was a 37-inch 1366x768 Sharp that cost over $7500 and was then available only in Japan. Soon after, NEC had the first 40-inch LCD available as a commercial monitor. Compared to those prices, HD widescreen CRT sets were cheap at $1000-2000, and they fit in then-existing living spaces easier than big flat-screen sets (or big-box projectors) too. Things have changed exponentially since then.
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Quote from another forum: "(Antique TV collecting) always seemed to me to be a fringe hobby that only weirdos did."
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08-12-2012, 01:59 AM
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