Minutes from the latest meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, the central-bank panel that sets interest-rate policy, indicate a rate-cut idea has been around for a while.
In my research I looked at 1080p systems from Sharp (LCD Flat panel), Sony SXRD (non-DLP rear projection) and DLP sets from Mitsubishi, Toshiba and Samsung.
Prices for large, flat-panel TVs dropped anywhere from 38% to 75% in 2006, which means that sets that seemed extravagant a year ago are now just very expensive.