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LCD TVs Were Holiday Sales Champs

Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 5, 2007

What was the number one item on holiday wish lists in the just-concluded 2006 holiday shopping rush? LCD TVs were the big winner, according to the NPD Group, with $925 million in sales. The flat wonders beat digital cameras ($825 million) and notebook PCs ($810 million). Surprisingly, iPods and other digital media players were relatively distant fourth-place finishers at just $720 million. So it's official: Americans prefer big screens to small ones. NPD declined to comment on how plasmas and other displays figure into their calculations.

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Submitted by Kenny (not verified) on January 7, 2007 - 1:39am

It doesn't surprise me that LCD's were the hot item this holiday season. To the mainstream average non-videophile, LCD's are thin, provide decent picture quality and are affordable. I still love the CRT...I know... now an ancient dinosaur. I would like to pick up a Sony 34inch XBR960 desparately. Everyone says the XBR 970 is missing Super Fine Pitch. I tried EBAY/Audigon with no luck. Any thoughts where I could find one?

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Submitted by JON HENRY (not verified) on January 9, 2007 - 6:38am

buying a new reciever for my pana.42 " plasma60u whats the best a/v reciever for between these three onkyo 674 sony str 1000 or denon 2307

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