New TV....Not

I had originally thought that we might buy the family a new tv and tv stand for Christmas. When I started looking at tv's I realized that thinking about it was as far as it was going to get. When in the world did new tv's become so stinking expensive??? Does it have to do with the switch to hd next month? It is just crazy to have to spend no less than $400 on a new tv. I guess we will take our little coupon to the store and buy a converter box for $10 instead. Maybe in a few years we will be able to buy a new tv. Hopefully by then the prices will have gone down some.