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Before you buy that Big Screen TV . . .


Before you buy that big plasma, LCD or rear projection HDTV that you have your eyes on, you might want to read the article linked below about Intel entering the LCoS television market.

The natural progression of this is a single chip high resolution television. How would you like to buy a high resolution 50" television for under $300.00? Check in about 2006 or 2007. Front projection systems should also become commodities about that time.

I need a new television for my basement. I'm not even considering a big heavy unit that not be worth fixing three years from now. Right now, I'm leaning toward a front projection unit, the InFocus X-1 which retails for around $1000 and has received excellent reviews. The X-1 is based upon a TI DLP engine. With the X-1 you have the big-screen effect, but not a huge price. Plus when it breaks or is obsolete, you don't have to haul a 200 lb hunk of junk out of the basement.

New Intel digital TV chip could remake the market | CNET News.com