Its always the early adopters that pay the inital cost. when an item is first brought to market a company has to charge an amount that will allow them to recoup their cost to devolpe and engineer a product. over time the cost to produce the product will drop as the engineers find ways to cust cost and then pass the savings onto the cousumer. eventually the price of the product will reach a point of mass consumption and the price can them fall further and the cost to produce drops even further feeding into the cycle that the cost will go down even more.
5 years from now a 40in 1080p LCD will be had for $200-$500
if you want to stay above the technology curve your going to pay thru the nose, if your willing to wait you'll odviously get a great deal but you have to ask yourself how long are you going to wait on the sideline to join the game?