YEAH, BUT...:

TVs are getting brighter, thinner -- and cheaper: Irvine's Vizio Inc. is getting ready to release its LED-backlit TV for $1,500 less than its competitors' sets. (David Colker, July 30, 2009, LA Times)

The future of television could be sitting in an Irvine laboratory.

To illuminate images, these sets use light-emitting diodes behind the screen, resulting in TVs that can be far thinner, brighter and more eco-friendly than other flat-panel models.

LED-backlit TVs -- an evolution of the standard LCD set -- have been on the market since 2004. But the sets in this lab have something that could catapult the technology into the mainstream.

A far lower price.

...my Dad only paid $300 for that black and white console that you had to hit with a hammer to get the vertical to hold, so I know there's been massive inflation and a decline in living standards!

Posted by Orrin Judd at July 30, 2009 7:31 AM