Saw a demo 60" LG Plasma TV selling under $1500 at weekend in a top secret location. I was pondering the meaning of the end of life of a technology.

$1500 that was price I paid for the first TV, the only TV I have in Australia 13 years ago. It's a bulky Samsung 29" + 1" flat wide screen CRT, weight about 60kgs, needs two persons to put in on the TV standard.

I gave it to a friend 5 years go, because it was worth nothing at that time when everyone wanted to buy a fresh new, light, flat LCD TV.

This story taught me a lesson about buying the new technology at the its highest point.

When you are getting more smart on money, you are getting more conservative. You only want to buy something, if you have to buy, that lasts forever.

Tempted by that $1500 plasma TV, I come across a rare good technical article about changing in TV technology in The Economist, written by the money make people. The conclusion is that plasma TV is good value now, but still a junkie for the "investment". Putting $1500 in the bank, to buying a fast PC which could generate more cash flow maybe the best option.

Let the cutting-edge technology kill itself quickly and agonisingly ...