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Your budget range

Televisions are expensive beasts, but they fall into a few distinct price categories. Here's a cheat sheet that will help better align the set of your dreams with the reality of your bank account. Note that these prices reflect the latest street/online price as of this writing.

Pricing parameters
Televisions are expensive beasts, but they fall into a few distinct price categories. Here's a cheat sheet that will help better align the set of your dreams with the reality of your bank account. Note that these prices reflect the latest street/online price as of this writing.

Less than $300
CRT: up to 27 inches
LCD: up to 24 inches

$300 to $500
LCD: up to 32 inches

$500 to $800
LCD: up to 42 inches
Plasma: up to 42 inches
Rear-projection: up to 61 inches

$800 to $1,100
LCD: up to 47 inches
Plasma up to 50 inches
Rear-projection: up to 61 inches

$1,100 to $1,700
LCD: up to 52 inches
Plasma:up to 50 inches
Rear-projection: up to 67 inches

$1,700 to $2,700
LCD: up to 52 inches
Plasma: up to 58 inches
Rear-projection: up to 67 inches

More than $2,700
LCD: up to 108 inches
Plasma: up to 103 inches
Rear-projection: up to 73 inches

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