What's Happening with HDTV Prices?

[al76slc]

In mid-Dec., I finally caved in to my son's pleadings and bought a HDTV.

Panasonic 50" Plasma 720p, for which I paid $900 at BB. Then I stopped looking at prices (obviously) since I wasn't in the market.

Today looked at Bestbuy's website to see how much the price came down. Lo and behold, it's now $1400.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8723045&type=product&id=1200703056300

What gives?

I thought all the stuff was going to be coming down after the holidays? Isn't there a recession going on?



P.S. Now the kid is still unhappy - he wants XBOX 360 (we have the original).

You can't win.