It’s fun to shop for televisions again.
High-definition TV is no longer synonymous with high price, and most people who aren’t already watching one at home have their eye on the ads.
HDTV is a step forward in TV watching comparable to the ancient update from black and white to color that took place in the ’60s. It takes only a moment of watching a high-definition picture alongside the standard before the viewer blurts out, “I want that.”
To which many now can add, “I can afford that.”
Prices dropped into many consumer’s comfort zone in the past year: Plasma sets dropped 29 percent in 2006 and liquid-crystal-display sets fell 21 percent, TVWeek.com reported in its mid-February high-definition newsletter.
Ben Bernard, assistant manager of Rex TV and Appliance in Houma, said falling prices mean rising sales. A 40-inch HDTV today costs about…
