A review of Black Friday ads spanning the past quarter-century shows that TV prices have dropped by more than 90 percent since 2000, even after accounting for...
It’s not mentioned in the article, but I have to wonder how much the logistics of distributing lighter, thinner TVs has helped bring the prices down as well. Old CRTs, as we all know, weighed as much as a small neutron star and took up an order of magnitude more space for the same screen size compared to flat-panel models, which logically means you can fit more on the same truck, train, or plane.
It’s not mentioned in the article, but I have to wonder how much the logistics of distributing lighter, thinner TVs has helped bring the prices down as well. Old CRTs, as we all know, weighed as much as a small neutron star and took up an order of magnitude more space for the same screen size compared to flat-panel models, which logically means you can fit more on the same truck, train, or plane.