Friday, October 25, 2002
Prices Drop on Giant LCDs
Posted by Jason Dunn in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 09:39 AM
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."
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."
