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Plasma Television Is High-Priced, Hot Item.
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Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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November 19, 2002
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By Reed Fujii, The Record, Stockton, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Nov. 19--Plasma television is the leading edge of video technology, where picture clarity and depth are breathtaking -- and so are the price tags, only more so.
Where the current average price of a typical TV set is $379, the average cost of a plasma display is $10,551, according to NPD Techworld, a research firm in Port Washington, N.Y.
But plasma TV prices are coming down and sales on the increase.
In fact, sources said, sales of traditional analog, picture-tube televisions are down this year, as consumers turn to digital TV and big-screen monitors.
Helping lead the ...