If, like everybody says, this is the best picture ever and has so much good about it, why are they going to stop manufacturing it?
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Because the American consumer is....how to put it delicately...not very sophisticated. When they go to Best Buy, they like the brightest, shiniest option, that being LCD or LED. The fact that plasma is a superior product doesn't factor into their purchase decision. Therefore plasma sales have plummeted relative to other technologies, despite the fact that it's always had the best picture quality. If you pass on this set, you'll probably have to wait for OLED before you can buy something as good.
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As we prepare to close out 2011, I'll say that I've had this set for 4 years without the least hint of a problem. I know the newer sets seem a lot cheaper, but Sony has cut corners by going from 10 to 8 color bands, reducing quality control, ordering more parts from China. The competition now is not only from Samsung but Vizio and LG, and unfortunately for a once-revered and trusted company like Sony, the consumer nowadays isn't all that impressed by better quality. He wants the biggest screen at the lowest price--period.
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Thank you for your interest. They are not being discontinued, they are just back order, due to the high demand
941695
No wonder it's being discontinued, with competition like the new VIZIO SV472XVT, there is absolutely no reason to purchase the LN46B750 at its current price.
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Give it time, companies will have high prices if they are the only competition, once more companies come out with their 3d tvs it will be a price war. This is why I am waiting but I do like Samsung's technology the best for turning 2d into 3d that is neat, especially for video games.
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Rose, excellent point. Your the first one I've seen to point that out. That's a pretty big deal. We very well could be here same time next year, still talking about this as those are enough to keep the HD DVD ship sailing. Besides, Paramount is locked in by contract throughout the year. Toshiba is increasing advertising and lowering prices. And most of all, movie studios aren't loyal to formats. They'll go where the money is and if HD DVD shows enough potential, any one of the Blu studios could go Red at anytime.
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In my opinion DLP is just dying out as LCD gets better and cheaper. Blacks and motion have been greatly improved, they are making them bigger now and the price is dropping. The only drawbacks to DLP are changing the bulb and glare in bright rooms. For me, I don't care about the bulbs because they last quite a while now and they are not that expensive. I hate the way any TV looks in a bright room so glare isn't an issue as I have blinds and curtains. Here is why I am still going with DLP. The price of three replacement bulbs is still cheaper than the price difference of similar quality LCD. Now later on when LCD gets cheaper, that is what I would go with. Now on a TV that is smaller, like forty something inches or less, it's LCD all the way. I have a 42 inch LCD that's awesome. It's a great TV, I am going to end up putting it in the bedroom. With the smaller TVs you also don't have to worry about whether or not it is 1080p. It doesn't matter because the TV has to be bigger for the human eye to see the difference. There may be some other features that might make it look nicer, since a 720p/1080i is going to be pretty basic now, but not the resolution. Unless you have abnormally good vision of course. So that's my thoughts on it. For now I think the DLP is the better buy. Next year though, LCD is probably going to be within a couple hundred dollars. So if I was going to buy a TV a year from now, it would be LCD. Now if you are sure you are going to keep this TV for 10+ years and not upgrade, or you will have it on all day, then the LCD is going to be less than the cost of the bulbs. So in that case LCD would even be better right now, if that describes what you plan to do with it.
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According to what Philips told me, they no longer made this model as of a year or so ago. I had audio issues that were "unusual" according to the tech. He was local, and I trusted him. However, he couldn't fix the issue, and Philips sent me a replacement. It was "reconditioned," and soon developed the same "rare" problem. They finally replaced it with a new one, but it was a different model (46") because they told me they no longer made the 47". It was a shame, I liked the 47" features (mainly the input selections and the digital audio out). The 46" is a good TV and I've been happy with it (no problems), and I DO like Philips, but this model has been put out to pasture.
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This is an artifact of the good reputation of the BD35K/BD55K and the fact that they have been discontinued, no new ones are available, and the replacement models announced by Panasonic at CES won't be shipping for several weeks. In the meantime, with limited supply and continuing demand, vendors that have them will charge what the market will bear.
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It is expensive now because it is Retiring - LEGO website is out of stock and this likely will no longer be in production and will become increasingly rare. The price is only going to continue to increase as the supply dries up.
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i totally agree with this. i think the adoption of hd movies are stalling because the friggin players are costing as much as the hdtv themselves. if the retail stores are pushing blu-ray for its higher margin then they will lose in the long run-by that time ppl will forget about blu-ray or hd dvd and jus move on to downloads and what not.
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I take it the same limitation is true of the new Hi Def model. I wonder how well the previous model is holding up in value.
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thanks I was thinking about waiting but doing the research it seems that there will not be any cast improvements in tech on the tv. This combined with the great prices on them are making it mighty inticing to purchase. I like my panasonic I have now but I feel the picture could be better. Thats why I want to upgrade I'm just trying to justify buying spending the money.
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As other people have mentioned Samsung has new 1080p lcds coming out, so these models are not going to be made anymore which is probably why amazon does not have any. While the new tv's have some improvements, just like anything with tech toys, the price will be high for a while.
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It is no longer in production. Hence, the price is going up as the supply dries up. It is not a good razor to buy at any price since it has a design defect that renders it useless in about 18 months.
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In general, consumers are obsessing over every little technological tweak that they never knew they needed until the manufacturers started trumpeting its necessity--1080p, 10 bit processors, 120Hz, anti-judder technology, LED lighting, 50,000:1 contrast ratios, backlighting, glare vs. anti-glare paneling debates, and finally we're reduced to "a touch of red" in the frame. Product is way behind technology (about 20 HD channels out of the 2000 that I currently receive from Time-Warner), so the technology itself occupies our time as in the early days of TV, when there was one channel and 3 hours of programming at night. You'd be happy with your X-Box or Game Boy without 120Hz if it weren't planted in your mind that it was a necessity for playing games. I'd be happy with watching Capra, John Ford, Citizen Kane, etc. on my flat screen if I didn't know that the 24fps ratio, which I originally screened all of these films at, had been made available by Sony. Once I knew that, I had to have 3000V series, so now I must be happier (until the next development 6 months from now). I say that if like me and Roger Ebert you believe the greatest films were made before 1950, 24fps is a nice addition. But people who worry about a lot of this stuff while at the same time considering purchasing screens of less than 46" or even smaller, are wasting their time. On a smaller screen with digital cable, an HD signal (720p) isn't even worth going to the effort of changing channels if you've already got the same program running on another channel with an SD signal (480p). (What I find most puzzling is the apparent belief of most Amazon consumers that S. Korea's Samsung is the only producer of HD television sets. Maybe with Sony's move to OED technology and competitive pricing, that is about to change. Even now when I see a V or W series alongside the latest Samsung, the former's picture is what gets my my attention.)
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Not sure. Maybe not. U can watch high def though. Maybe their next model will be for blu ray. Contact mfg. we just used projector tonight and the pic quality is awesome!! Good luck.