Best Laid Plans: GE line of HDTVs delayed with little fanfare

We reported that GE was considering strongly getting into the HDTV business with a premium line of sets in the near future. Well, those plans have been put on hold due to the lackluster economy.

They were planning to release a new line of Tatung-built sets, but now those plans are delayed by 3 months, or maybe more. They claim its “marketing issues”, which translates into “we don’t think we could sell them right now with the climate the way it is”. The high-end TV market has dried up a bit right now, along with the fact they may be taking the time to work in the incorporated “widgets” that was so hot at this year’s CES, but that’s just rumor.

Oh, yeah…is anyone that excited that GE is getting back into the big time consumer electronics biz? GE itself has had many problems over the last few years, so who knows how good these TVs may be anyway.