http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/isuppli-when-times-get-tough-the-tough-watch-television/ Upgrade Your Lifestyle Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:06:03 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/isuppli-when-times-get-tough-the-tough-watch-television/#comment-255 FORTY INCHES AND A MULE: The American Class War Goes HD « rmgosselin.com Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:49:35 +0000 #comment-255 [...] In times of economic hardship and social change, they offer still more. “In the post-9/11 era,” writes Joe Abelson, vice president of displays for consumer electronics advisers, iSuppli, a new phrase entered the lexicon: ‘cocooning,’ a trend among fear-struck citizens to avoid travel and remain in the safety of their homes. Amid the current economic downturn, a new wave of cocooning has hit, with recession-wary U.S. consumers eschewing travel, staying home and watching their televisions. However, they still are finding enough money to buy new flat-panel sets that offer superior pictures and larger sizes. (When Times Get Tough, the Tough Watch Television) [...] [...] In times of economic hardship and social change, they offer still more. “In the post-9/11 era,” writes Joe Abelson, vice president of displays for consumer electronics advisers, iSuppli, a new phrase entered the lexicon: ‘cocooning,’ a trend among fear-struck citizens to avoid travel and remain in the safety of their homes. Amid the current economic downturn, a new wave of cocooning has hit, with recession-wary U.S. consumers eschewing travel, staying home and watching their televisions. However, they still are finding enough money to buy new flat-panel sets that offer superior pictures and larger sizes. (When Times Get Tough, the Tough Watch Television) [...]

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