Re: hdtv purchase now or later?

["Paul Baumgardner" <user=1431@nabble.blu.org>]

 On 9/27/07, Scott Ehrlich <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> My thoughts and theory were come cutover date: 
> 
> - Many, many people won't realize or simply know their cable box can do 
> the trick and will think they _must_ switch tvs no matter what.  I still 
> talk to people today who believe that, if they even _know_ about the 
> 2009 switch to hd, or even what hd _is_. 
> 
> - As people _think_ they need new equipment, manufacturers will want to 
> take advantage of profit and keep prices as they are or increase them. 
> Once either people buy as much as they want and/or get educated that they 
> may not need a new tv, then I can see prices getting lower. 
> 
> The latter point is why I started this thread from the start, to elicit 
> the responses we've seen and get a healthy dialog going, and it has been 
> great to see the comments thus far. 
> 
> Scott