Toshiba instead added features such as fast HDMI switching
Toshiba declined to compete in the ultrathin TV contest at this year's CES. The company dismissed the challenge thrown down last year by Hitachi, with its 1-inch-thick LCD, and 1-inch plasmas announced this year by Samsung and Panasonic.
Basically, Toshiba argues that the extra-skinny TVs are a gimmick that's trying to find a market. "I've yet to find anyone who says their flat-panel TV is too fat," said Scott Ramirez, a Toshiba marketing exec.
Thinner is always better. Then again, he's got a point. From the front, who notices if a TV is the typical 3 or 4 inches deep, or merely 1-inch? Maybe it's worth the extra cost for sets hanging on the wall. But that isn't practical for the vast majority of us.
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