Those of you looking to pick up one of those hyper-cool LCD TVs will be pleased to know prices are expected to drop significantly this year:

DisplaySearch expects priced for LCDs to [drop] faster than expected. Despite strong LCD TV shipments, inventories were growing in the first quarter of this year, the market research firm said Friday.

A new TV is a definite "maybe" for our FY 05-06 budget. Even though we're right now interested in DLP technology, LCDs might end up dropping into our budget range. Regardless, this will put downward price pressure on pretty much everything (except plasmas), so this is good news for everyone!