23" LCD

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On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 03:04:23 GMT, "leo" <someone@somewhere.net> wrote:

>The price of the 23" LCD screen are getting lower, $1700 for HP at
>Costco.com. $1860 for Sony's at newegg.com and of course, the highest priced
>Apple at $2000. They possibly use the same Philips core. The price is still
>quite high, but my 21" CRT monitor is dying. Are these LCD screen at the
>prime time yet? If my current monitor can live for a year or so, should I
>wait?

Of course you should. Unless you feel LCD prices have bottomed out.

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"Tim Mitchell" <timng@sabretechnology.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In article <XqL5d.3723$Ki1.3264@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>, leo
> <someone@somewhere.net> writes
>>The price of the 23" LCD screen are getting lower, $1700 for HP at
>>Costco.com. $1860 for Sony's at newegg.com and of course, the highest
>>priced
>>Apple at $2000. They possibly use the same Philips core. The price is
>>still
>>quite high, but my 21" CRT monitor is dying. Are these LCD screen at the
>>prime time yet? If my current monitor can live for a year or so, should I
>>wait?
>>
> A 21" CRT monitor is probably about the same size as a 19" LCD, which are
> way cheaper than that. Something to do with the way the panels are
> measured, but the viewable size of a 19" LCD is much bigger than that of a
> 19" CRT.
> --
> Tim Mitchell

possibly right in terms of physical size but a 23" LCD has 1920x1600 pixels.
BTW, I got the price wrong for the HP's, it's $1780 after the $100 rebate.
Actually the Sony price is better, shipping cost is low and no tax for me.
Price isn't the factor but how is today's picture quality for LCDs?