For example, Kendo armor can run up to $1,000 US for a high end set, while Karate requires only a white cotton uniform.
While wanting mixed communities, he has examples of them being seen as mixed blessings – there are council houses adjacent to the Globe but some of their occupants do not find the high-end setting ideal, he admits.
At the Bellagio Hotel, a more high-end setting, 12 weddings were scheduled — which "blows away a normal Wednesday in December," said Monica Bisek, senior assistant manager of the hotel's chapels.
Such high-end sets are expensive; the 60-inch LG model is $4,700.
Manufacturers are aiming to design systems that will look good next to their high-end sets.
The highest is known as 1080p, and is now featured on many large-screen high-end sets.
In keeping with the times, 3-D TVs won't be much more expensive than today's high-end sets.
Most high-end sets destined for the American market are made in Mexico or in the United States, where the savings in transportation costs for large models outweighs the cost advantages of producing the sets overseas.
By keeping the greater part of your registry focused on the affordable, you needn't feel guilty about including that once-in-a lifetime, high-end set of cookware.
A high-end set of wireless over-the ear headphones that is being promoted by 50 Cent, who is no stranger to product pitches after being a spokesman for Vitamin Water drinks, will sell for $300 to $400.
"Often 3-D is included in larger, high-end sets that have different premiums," says Semenza.
