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 Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:52 am
Something that's been going on recently, that I've noticed, is people have been using HD/Blu-Ray as the sole reason to buy their Cable box/Satellite Dish... and, it got me wondering, how many people have HDtv's?
And who, with the economy the way it is, can go out and afford to drop a few hundred/thousand to get an HDTV?
Discuss:
+High-Def as sole reasons for buying plans
+State of the economy and its effects on electronics
+Advertising falling on deaf ears
+etc
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Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:27 am
Well the economy is going to effect sales of electronics. This holiday season I predict will be not as profitable to businesses as in previous years because of that. I won't be surprised to see lower sales this year. We know HD purchases are not cheap. With the economy the way it is, even less are going to think of buying them (unless they have money to do so) right now.
As far as the amount of people that have HD TVs, I can think of only one person that I know that has one and they spend way out of their means and have multiple bankruptcies to show for it so I know they can't afford it.
I don't see anyone I know getting one soon with the economy as it is right now. The economy may hurt HD/Blu-ray in the short-term but I don't know about how it will effect it long-term.
I see cable/satellite companies advertising HD but I haven't noticed that people are buying it for it. (Not saying they aren't just saying I haven't noticed. xD)
I guess if people know they can't afford it and know they won't get it I guess adversing would be falling on deaf ears.
Don't forget that the average consumer may not appreciate the advantages Blu-Ray offers and combine that with seeing the prices of HD TVs with the economy like it is right now and you got yourself hurt or stagnant sales.
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:33 am
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Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:46 pm
My folks have 1 HD tv back home.
Honestly, I don't see why HD would make an impact right now. Maybe in a few years but...
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Drinky McIrish Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:17 am
I have a HDTV, and a Blu-Ray player... No TV, I honestly don't watch much of it, what I do watch I can stream.
Yes, this economic crisis is really effecting electronic sales. This time last year, my store was pulling in $150,000 a day, now we're stoked if we can hit 80k, and my store is doing good by district standards.
Consumers are cutting back on frivolous spending.
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Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:04 am
There will always be the toys of the rich. HDTV is just coming out of that realm--admittedly a lot more than a couple years ago. At the same time, however, I think that there is more than a considerable portion of people who do not own a single HDTV. Advertising is pushing HDTV a lot right now not so much as a better technology, but as a digital technology. As has been said before, the analog signals will cease this coming February, and HDTVs are completely digital--the logical replacement for these analog TVs. What February means for HDTV is that these new televisions will not have to take analog signals anymore, nor have to rely on conversion. We can shift toward a 100% digital television system.
Of course the irony of all this is that high speed digital stuff is actually analog electronics lol
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Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:39 am
Sakyh My folks have 1 HD tv back home. Honestly, I don't see why HD would make an impact right now. Maybe in a few years but... I agree. Even with the analog signals ceasing in February, the economy and other factors (some of which I said above) aren't going to allow it to have a large impact.
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