It may not go very well until the Summer.  The new models are on their way to retail shelves and online.  It usually takes a few months for enough stores to have them in stock for the price dropping to commence.  If stores became flush by March it will take until July before prices get low enough on the newer sets and older sets have been cleared out for things to start heading in the right direction.

This may be why Panasonic is spending $100 million dollars to help promote their televisions.  Vizio and Samsung are always sponsoring sports events to make sure people remember that they look better on one of their sets.  Other brands may get even more creative to help with awareness and promotion.

Here what they should be doing:

Pressuring retail partners to drop prices on older models – The 2009 models need to go.  It would be better to create a shortage than to have a glut of televisions.  When Nintendo put out the Wii originally they loved all the press coming from people who weren’t able to get their hands on one.

Start talking up 2010 features - Verizon is running commercials on the East Coast about how their FIOS service allows you to contact people through Facebook.  I may not ever get the service but I thought it was a great add-on since so many people are addicted to contacting people and catching up with them.  If your 2010 models connect to the web, show the televisions online, if the black levels are deeper  – show the difference.  There are lots of brands and models out there.  It will be easier to get lost.

Drop prices on 2010 models quickly – MSRPs are a joke and everyone knows it.  Tell retailers that if they move X% more units than they did for 2009 models they’ll get a bonus.  When I see Amazon advertise a television it instantly becomes a best seller.

I’m considering selling my “old” 1080p Sony BRAVIA and getting something new but until I see a reason to upgrade I’m going to just on the sidelines.  Chances are that there are lots of other people in the same situation.

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The easy way to explain it is to say that these televisions are not actually in fact 480Hz. What they are referring to is an artificial increase in the refresh rate to help provide smoother video. This is accomplished by tricking the eyes to see quick glimpses of images.

To get more technical:

Manufacturers have created a technology which inserts very short black frames between the original picture frames while the viewer is watching a video source.

The method utilizes the principle that the human eye does not “forget” light instantly. You know this from a very short flash that tends to stay on your eye cornea for a short time. By inserting very short black images between the other frames, you can constantly reset the human eye, in order to improve the perception of response time and refresh rate of a LCD-TV.

LED LCD HDTVs will grow as 2010 progresses, and it looks like manufacturers will be using 480Hz as a way to make them more attractive.

[Source: TVLampsnbulbs.com]

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Bean Bag Chairs

When you think about a bean bag chair the first thing which may come to mind is furniture made out of plastic or vinyl, filled with little round balls, found in the room of a young child. This is the case for many of the bean bag chairs out there but not all. Today, what many would call an ordinary bean back chair is anything but with sizes available up to 8 feet. This is large enough for a family of four to sit on comfortable with some room for the family pet.

The late 1990’s were filled with lots of innovation and anticipation. While many were crafting ideas which would turn into the internet companies we know and love today, others were taking a different approach and looking at other ways to change life as we know it. You can’t really tell it from looking at an over sized bean bag chair but a whole lot has improved from the ones made and sold in the past.

The beans in these bean bag chairs are gone. Instead of having to be worried about the risks of them coming out and being a possible choking hazard they are filled with a foam-like material. This material is better for you as it allows the chair to contour better to your body. It’s also easier to ship since the amount of little round balls needed to fill a six or eight foot chair would make it almost extremely expensive to ship and hard to lug around once it did eventually make it to your home or business.

Being able to get a bean bag chair in so many different sizes, colors, and fabrics is another new development with this kind of furniture. Homeowners and interior designs laughed at the idea of bean bag chairs becoming mainstream. The concern would be that a high-end look would be ruined by a piece of furniture regarded as being cheap and immature. Today, they are available with microfiber fabric which is popular for its ease of maintenance and looks in color ranging from deep reds, to beige, to chocolate brown and everything in between. As more and more people are spending time around their television, or making use of a dedicated space for watching movies or gaming bean bag chairs are gaining attention for their size, price, and comfort. Corporations and museums are using them and placing them in common areas to give people a place to relax and rest or to view exhibits.

There are lots of companies who make bean bag chairs. One of the largest companies is Comfy Sacks. Each of their chairs and loungers are made in factories in the USA and delivered to your door. Once you customize the size, and color of your Comfy Sack or Comfy Lounger, you’ll be assured that it will blend in with your décor and offer a place to relax after a long day of work or just to take a break.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Dario_J._Ruff

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2:05pm PT: In just 8 months, 2.6 million Samsung LED TVs were sold, grabbing an 80% market share in the U.S.

2:05pm PT: The company’s goal is 10 million globally.

This means that Vizio, LG, Sharp, and Sony are going to have a lot of work to do to catch up.

[Source: Beta News]

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Vizio, who is one of the largest makers of LCD HDTVs is moving into the 3D space and is taking Sensio for the ride.  This is bound to give their bottom line a big boost as well as give them some much needed name recognition.

RealD doesn’t have the same problem as fast as getting their name out, but that hasn’t stopped them from promptly announcing partnerships with several HDTV brands to help promote their own 3D technology.

These companies are fighting furiously to license their technology in hopes to end up with bragging rights.  In the meantime it looks like all 3D isn’t equal and it will be a few years before we find out who the real market leader will be.

You can read more about Sensio, here and more about RealD here.

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More LED backlighting – Based on sales of LED HDTVs and the margins they provide a lot more models are being announced in 2010.  They allow the manufacturers to charge a premium while providing a better picture when compared to regular LCD HDTVs as well as allowing the television to be thinner.  Only a handful of televisions were featured with this technology in 2009 with Samsung being the clear leader.  This time around LG, Sharp, Sony and Vizio are going to be challenging Samsung to bring the most compelling value to customers.

Even thinner HDTVs – At some point a television will be made so thin, it will only be a thin piece of glass with a set top box which wireless communicates to it.  Until then, manufacturers are working tirelessly to make HDTVs slimmer and slimmer.  LG is hoping to sell a 2.6mm thick HDTV, and other manufacturers are following close with their own “paper thin” television sets.  The appeal makes sense as thinner televisions are easier to hang and are more aesthetically pleasing.  To think, I was impressed with my old Toshiba DLP HDTV when I saw how much thinner it was compared to my Panasonic CRT.

Wireless everything – HDTVs and computers have always tried to get closer to each other.  It was only a matter of time for the internet to live and breathe inside of a HDTV.  Also, as television get thinner wireless will enable the screen to be one part while the receiver is another with a wireless connection bringing the two together.  Wireless HDMI is making a bid to get some space in people’s living rooms.  This will allow you to connect your signal in one room but send it to your television in another room.  A lot of contractors are going to be upset because they won’t be able to charge people to drill holes while they hang a TV on a wall or fireplace.  The other benefit of wireless connectivity is the ability to connect to the web easily.  As Netflix, Pandora, Twitter and Facebook go from being computer apps to TV apps it won’t make sense to force televisions to connect to the web via a RJ45 connector.  With more and more people using broadband and sharing their connections with routers Wifi enabled HDTVs just make sense.  Samsung was charging $80 to enable this feature but once it gets built into the television I suspect it will command a significantly smaller premium.

3D – My first memories of 3D were the Halloween movies you’d watch with the glasses you’d get for free from 7-11.  Some twenty years later, the big TV brands (and the cable and satellite companies) see 3D HDTV as the new frontier in profiteering.  It will take very little in upgrades to help facilitate, people are aware of what it is so it won’t require a bunch of dollars to promote, and with compelling enough content it can be provided for a king’s ransom.  Many people already own 3D ready HDTVs which makes the amount of people who could possibly use a new 3D HDTV service pretty high.

Huge HDTVs; Small Prices – How much would you pay for a 70+ inch HDTV?  In 2008 you’d have to pay at least $10,000.  In 2009, you’d have to pay at least $6,000.  It looks like in 2010 you might be able to get one for under $4,000.  Even though most people could get away with a 32 or 40 inch HDTV, that’s not going to stop HDTV makers from going after the big project brands.  The advantage of buying a HDTV is that you don’t have to buy the lamps (which can be pretty pricey).  It wasn’t financially feasible to have a 72″ screen but as prices keep coming down projectors in homes may go extinct.

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Companies must be full of excitement with CES underway because the announcements are taking place well before the actual show begins.  One of the newest innovations to be announced are 480Hz LED HDTVs.  They should start showing up from companies such as Vizio and Samsung.

480Hz technology was featured in plasma HDTVs up until 2009, when 600Hz sub-field drive technology replaced it.  With LED HDTVs, it’s an upgrade from the 240Hz technology being used in older 2009 models.  The idea behind the higher number is simple:  higher hertz means a smoother picture.

It’s all a bit of a shell game since the eye can only notice up to a certain refresh rate.  After that it’s all a marketing arms race.

To learn more about 480Hz LED HDTVs, you can read the explanation about what it is here.

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You can check it out for yourself here.

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Keep checking back here for the latest 2010 Best Buy ad scans.

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The Best Buy 12/20 ad scan is now available.  For anyone interested you check it out over at tvlampsnbulbs.com.

The real store is the sheer number of televisions they have advertised.  After looking at the ad I spotted 40 television being advertised over the 32 page circular.  That’s more than I’ve ever seen in most stores let alone being pushed by one company.

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