DLP RPTV and LCD/PDP Costs
DigitTimes has a small article about the cost of a rear-projection HDTV versus the cost of an equivalent-sized LCD or plasma display. It makes for interesting reading.
The stats are for a 52″ 1080p television, and they are:
All component costs:
LCD $1621
plasma $1749
DLP $807
In other words, it costs twice as much to hang your 1080p 52″ television on your wall instead of placing it on your floor. Frankly, I’m surprised. I thought it was more than that.
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November 21st, 2006 at 1:28 am
I’m not sure what manufacturing cost has to do with the cost of hanging any TV on the wall, but it is interesting to note that current-gen plasma screens from major manufacturers now have a service life of 60,000 hours.
DLP, LCD and LCoS projection lamp in sets from the same major manufacturers have a life of about 4000 hours when the set is run with the default color settings (maybe 4500 hours if you cut the brightness way down.)
At about $200 per bulb, that’s about $3000 in light-bulb changes before a plasma screen goes dark. Whatever technology you pick, be sure to go with a reputable name brand — generic and house brand projector bulbs usually die in under 1000 hours and low-grade plasmas suffer similarly truncated lifespans.