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CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW: CNET editors cover the Next Big Thing
                
Samsung bows next-gen midsize LCD flat-panel HDTVs
January 7, 2005; 11:22 p.m.
 The product: It lacks the mammoth, headline-generating size of its big brother, but Samsung's 40-inch LNR408D LCD flat-panel HDTV will get the last laugh. With its 3-foot-plus screen size and sub-$4,500 price tag, it will find its way into a lot more homes than its larger, pricier sibling. If that's still too much, the 32-inch LNR328W goes for $1,500 less but lacks the built-in HD tuner and CableCard slot found in the 40-incher.
The prospects: Samsung promises excellent 8ms refresh rates on this seventh-generation LCD line, which if true, would significantly curtail the ghosting issue that has dogged earlier LCDs. But even a technically superior panel will have trouble competing with like-size plasmas, which can be had for half as much. By John P. Falcone, senior associate editor, CNET Reviews CES DEBUTS BY BRAND
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