If an HDTV is in your future, here's a reason to wait a while

A few of the top-tier flat panel TV manufacturers are announcing a further round of price cuts that might shave off as much as $400 from that TV you've had your eye on.  Apparently they've already done this at least once in the last year; good news for those of us who are still using square-faced glass-screened behemoths from the early '90s.

The TV I'm dreaming of (Samsung's 46-inch LN46A650) looks to be about $440 cheaper in the coming days.  Still a bit stratospheric for my tastes but it's an improvement.

Of course, the downside to all of this is that companies love to drop prices on their current lines just before they announce the new technology.