http://www.npdgroupblog.com/2009/10/sizing-up-tv-innovation/ The official blog of The NPD Group Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:54:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.npdgroupblog.com/2009/10/sizing-up-tv-innovation/#comment-325 Thin TV Fan Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:02:04 +0000 http://www.npdgroupblog.com/?p=759#comment-325 Sadly the thinning down of today's flat panel TVs has taken a toll on the quality of the audio output. Nobody seems to have figured out how to get decent sounding audio out of the tiny speakers that are being shoe-horned into hidden nooks on the back or bottom of the new crop of skinnier TVs. to make matters worse, most of the small and medium sized sets that are destined for use in secondary rooms like the the bedroom and den will NOT be hooked up to an external speaker system. And with the trend towards "connected" TVs, it is likely that these sets will see increased use for music and video content. Sadly the thinning down of today’s flat panel TVs has taken a toll on the quality of the audio output. Nobody seems to have figured out how to get decent sounding audio out of the tiny speakers that are being shoe-horned into hidden nooks on the back or bottom of the new crop of skinnier TVs. to make matters worse, most of the small and medium sized sets that are destined for use in secondary rooms like the the bedroom and den will NOT be hooked up to an external speaker system. And with the trend towards “connected” TVs, it is likely that these sets will see increased use for music and video content.

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