your budget range
Updated February 5, 2008
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. To sort TVs in CNET's database by price range, check out this list...
TV price brackets:
Less than $300 |
$300 to $500 |
$500 to $750 |
$750 to $1,000 |
$1,000 to $1,500 |
$1,500 to $3,000 |
More than $3,000
| WHAT YOU'LL PAY | WHAT YOU'LL GET |
|---|
| Less than $300 |
 |
CRT tubes: up to 27 inches
Flat-panel LCD: up to 20 inches |
| $300 to $500 |
 |
CRT tubes: up to 32 inches
Flat-panel LCDs: up to 32 inches |
| $500 to $750 |
 |
CRT tubes: up to 36 inches
Flat-panel LCDs: up to 37 inches |
| $750 to $1,000 |
 |
Flat-panel LCDs: up to 42 inches
Plasma TVs: up to 42 inches
DLP, LCD, LCoS rear-projection TVs: up to 62 inches |
| $1,000 to $1,500 |
 |
Flat-panel LCDs: up to 47 inches
Plasma TVs: up to 50 inches
DLP, LCD, LCoS rear-projection TVs: up to 62 inches |
| $1,500 to $3,000 |
 |
Flat-panel LCDs: up to 52 inches
Plasma TVs: up to 60 inches
DLP and LCoS rear-projection TVs: up to 73 inches |
| More than $3,000 |
 |
Flat-panel LCDs: up to 70 inches
Plasma TVs: up to 103 inches
DLP and LCoS rear-projection TVs: up to 73 inches |
