10-25-2002, 05:39 PM
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Prices Drop on Giant LCDs
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,106260,tk,dn102302X,00.asp
I love my twin 17" LCD monitors, and although there are certain things I miss about CRT (namely the crispness at all resolutions), I won't be going back - LCD is the future (well, perhaps OLED). LCDs have always been more expensive than CRT, and they will continue to be for the next few years, but these price drops come as welcome news to those who have been waiting to make the purchase. Watch this link going into the holiday season!
"In the volatile world of LCD prices, the upcoming holiday season has a special gift in store: a great buy on that large-size LCD you've been drooling over. Oversupply coupled with a sharp drop in demand is forcing display vendors into yet another price war that is dramatically driving down the cost of 17-, 18-, and 19-inch monitors, says an analyst.
The LCD industry is no stranger to precipitous price drops, but the most significant decreases have occurred on 15-inch displays. Now that those prices have stabilized, the prices of larger units are dropping fast, says Rhoda Alexander, director of monitor research at ISuppli/Stanford Resources. This holiday season, you can expect to find 17-inch LCDs selling for an average price of about $560, with some brands dipping into the vicinity of $400, Alexander says. That's down from an average price of about $750 in the fourth quarter of last year, and $1150 at the beginning of 2001."
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10-25-2002, 05:49 PM
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Funny, and I can't remember where I heard this so I'm sorry I can't quote a source, but I heard early this year that LCD prices would be going through the roof again due to a rise in the price of one of the components that go into making the screens and that people aren't really that interested in LCD screens anyway. The first one may have been from my stock broker  and I'm not sure about the second. Guess they're both wrong (yippie!).
Of course I also heard late last year that blank cdr prices were going to double or something due to the scarcity of something that goes into making them or something. So I bought a bunch of blank cds for much more than I can get them now. Sucker! :x
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10-25-2002, 05:49 PM
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Re crispness: at least most modern LCD's do antialiasing at nonoptimal resolutions so it isn't jag-hell.
Besides, once you use XP with ClearType (or similar Mac OS X setup, I'd presume) on an LCD, you can't ever go back
I love my monitor: the Viewsonic VP201m (http://www.viewsonic.com/products/lcd_vp201mb.htm). Once of the few 1600-pixel-wide monitors that's not Apple (and as such is cheaper...)
BTW, my next LCD, when the price goes down to an affordable one, is http://www.viewsonic.com/products/lcd_vp2290b.htm - it's a 200 dpi LCD developed initially by IBM. I've seen it in real life (at PC Expo) - you cannot believe how amazing this monitor is. Expect a complete revolution in display technology once the price on this baby drops (it is somewhere around $6,000 now...)
--bdj
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10-25-2002, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by BigDaddyJ
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I've heard a lot about this monitor - the only thing is that you need to read graphics with a magnifiend glass :wink: - and it will be wierd to have 24 point fonts just to see anything!
Here is a links to an article about the coming price drops of LCD monitos.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=5850
Flat panel price war brewing
Bargains to be had as over-supply brings prices tumbling
By Paul Hales: Monday 21 October 2002, 13:00
I'l stick to my 20 and 19 inch CRTs for the moment - I don't need to upgrade just yet as I have a nice setup with them both.
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10-25-2002, 06:27 PM
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Believe it or not I recently went from twin 19" CRTs to twin 15" LCDs. Yea they are smaller, but it hasn't bothered me and I couldn't swallow the price of bigger flat screens of any quality. My biggest thrill is I got my desk back.
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10-25-2002, 06:28 PM
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Editor Emeritus
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Originally Posted by PDA Gerbil
I've heard a lot about this monitor - the only thing is that you need to read graphics with a magnifiend glass :wink: - and it will be wierd to have 24 point fonts just to see anything! |
But think about that - anything you will view on that monitor will look like printed material. Hopefully UI's will have caught up to those kinds of resolutions in 2-3 years
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10-25-2002, 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by BigDaddyJ
Hopefully UI's will have caught up to those kinds of resolutions in 2-3 years |
That's the barrier all right...
Still cruising along with my four 21-incher tubes at home, waiting for the revolution on the sidelines 
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10-25-2002, 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by st63z
Still cruising along with my four 21-incher tubes at home, waiting for the revolution on the sidelines |
Same here! The 21" is a great investment for me - has served me well last year and I imagine will do so for at least a couple more years before making the move to a widescreen LCD!
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10-25-2002, 07:19 PM
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Sage
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I have a CRT for my desktop but my notebook (of course) is an LCD. The biggest problem I have with the LCD is that the only game I have tried playing uses a full screen and is displayed as a very small window in the center of the screen. Windows XP (or more likely, the video card) complains that I am using a non-optimized veiwing size. Setting the screen resolution to anything but the standard resolution results in a really messed up screen, usually requiring a reboot.
Is this normal for LCDs or is this just a bad implementation? The software is a few years old, but the notebook is a less than year old Dell Latitude.
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10-25-2002, 07:44 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Mar 2002
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Screens getting better
I recently visited one of the monitor companies (NDA) and saw some amazing things in the pipeline. At least two will be displayed at Comdex.
With the ever-increasing number of mega-pixel cameras, the displays are coming to where you will not be able to tell the difference from a photo or your monitor. What surprised me was when I asked at what level of megapixels can the human eye no longer descern a difference, this company could not answer the question.
Anyway, their plasma display was for CAD and graphic work, and was simply amazing. Of course, I can't afford one, so I guess I will just go back and visit!
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