Re: What does discontinued in television really mean?

On 2005-11-30, needin4mation@xxxxxxxxx <needin4mation@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Besides the obvious they don't want to make the unit now, why
> does a company discontinue a television.

Usually, it's because they can't sell enough of them at a high
enough price to make their profit margin goals, though
sometimes it just means that some of the parts have been
discontinued.

It usually means they've got a new model ready to go that has a
higher margin or will gain them market share with more features
and/or a lower price.

Occasionally it means the product was a dog, but more often
than not, it just means it's being replaced by something newer
and better (better by their measures -- which may not be the
same as yours).

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