PLEEEase be careful how you rewrite these stories.

Look at your lede first graph and compare it to to the various stories (including the Reuters you reference) about Phillips poor profit performance this quarter.

This is damage control on the part of the Phillips precisely because of the continuing fall in in LCD prices. a trend not just likely to continue but likely to increase.

If you had a nickel for every time the hard drive industry or say the DVD player makers said prices had stabilized you would be a millionaire. same with LCD's.

The prices are falling, they will continue to fall. They will certainly be half the price in two years. There is no evidence whatsoever to the contrary, indeed the more the makers have make statements to the contrary the more they are obviously worried.

I personally do not like LG and have stayed away from their products after my screen blew just after the warranty. Never will i buy any of their products.

Now is not the time to stabilize prices. Many consumers are still on the ropes about whether to upgrade to high def or stay with standard definition. The falling prices encourage the upgrade process.