Rear projection TV’s are now out of production and are not being manufactured anymore

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Rear projection TV’s are now out of production and are not being manufactured by any company anymore including Mitsubishi

Consumers have voted with their wallets and they prefer more expensive flat screen displays instead of large thick lower cost rear projectors. Now there is no more rear projector TV’s being made for the consumer market since Mitsubishi was the last company to exit the rear projector business. Ceiling mounted Front Projectors are still in production from many different companies but that could change in the next decade as flat screens increase in size above 100 inches.

Large 1080P flat screens have also fallen in price recently with 70 inch 120Hz flat screens costing only $1,499 at Walmart. 90 inch and 80 inch flat screens are also now much cheaper compared to a year ago. The 90 inch Sharp LC-90LE745U flat screen sells for around $9,999 at retail stores. Consumers prefer spending around $10,000 on a 90 inch flat screen instead of spending around $4,000 on a 92 inch DLP rear projection HDTV.

For a limited time retail stores and mail order companies have a limited stock of 1080P Mitsubishi rear projectors in stock. Walmart currently has the Mitsubishi 92 inch WD-92742 in stock for only $3,998.

The following are select word for word quotes from the TWICE article

“Mitsubishi Electric Video Sales America (MEVSA) Monday confirmed reports that it notified service centers it has halted the manufacture of rear-projection TVs and told TWICE that it has nearly completed phasing out inventory.”

“Max Wasinger, MEVSA executive VP of sales, said Monday that there is “minimal inventory left in stock,” and there are no plans for special close out pricing to follow.”

““All retail dealers will need to sell out their current inventories of 73-, 82-, 92- DLP TVs and 75- LaserVue DLP TVs” Wasinger said.”

“But this year, the arrival of bargain behemoth LCD sets of 70 to 90 inches from Sharp and others left little breathing room for rear-projection technology, which still required bulb replacements and suffered from weaker viewing angles.”

“Although it was wasn’t the first in the rear-projection TV market, Mitsubishi ended up being the best and last mass market manufacturer of the technology.”

http://www.twice.com/articletype/news/mitsubishi-exits-rptv-inventory-almost-gone/104133