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Despite some rosy general forecasts coming out of the recent CEA Industry Forum in San Francisco ( HD Notebook, Oct. 18 and Oct. 25, 2006 ), analysts are not predicting a particularly upbeat CE holiday selling season, which starts later this month. While HD monitors, overall, are expected to continue to enjoy gene
The team has been featured sporadically in HD over the past couple of years, but it said now that with equipment costs down and adequate production facilities in place, it was time to plan on wall-to-wall HD coverage.
According to retail groups and Wall Street analysts, slightly more shoppers were out and about than last year, but per capita spending was down a bit.
"The short of it is that this holiday season—a critical one from the perspective of several key home video markets, such as Blu-ray and over-the-top set-top boxes—will underwhelm."
As big-box retailer Best Buy gears up for what it hopes will be a big holiday season for consumer electronics, including all things HD, the early news is not good.
One of Amazon.com's most popular CE products was Samsung's 52-inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HD with Red Touch of Color (model LN52A630).
An unemployment rate hovering around the 10 percent mark is certain to keep sales of non-essential items as HD products down.
Whether the series will begin a trend of going to Blu-ray literally within hours of airing a season finale is yet to be seen.