LCD Prices

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Not exactly an HDTV question, but I'd like your thoughts on how fast LCD prices
will fall.

We have a 13" TV in the kitchen which is 17 years old. Still works but have
noticed the picture is drawing in from the edges a little. A sign of age and
eventual failure, I assume. We want to go to a 20" screen because aging eyes
have trouble reading stock tickers, news crawlers, etc. There is room for a 20"
flat screen CRT but a 20" LCD would really be nice. Unfortunately LCD's are 3
times the price of CRT's.

My dilemna is whether to buy a 20" CRT now or hope the old TV lasts a couple
more years and LCD price fall dramatically in that time. Do you think we are
close to the point where small screen LCD prices might become competitive with
CRT's?

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Matthew L. Martin wrote:

> BillJ wrote:
>
>>
>> My dilemna is whether to buy a 20" CRT now or hope the old TV lasts a
>> couple
>> more years and LCD price fall dramatically in that time. Do you
>> think we are
>> close to the point where small screen LCD prices might become
>> competitive with
>> CRT's?
>>
>
> It's quite unlikely that LCDs will drop in price without forcing the
> price of CRTs down.

...

Current 34 inch Sony 16:9 CRT, C$2000. Weighs about 200 pounds, so
needs its custom stand, free in the current sale, normally C$400 more.
Current 32 inch Sony LCD, C$2600, light enough to put on any
available stand the right size.

Looks like convergence is about here at the mid sizes.

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"Jeff Rife" <wevsr@nabs.net> wrote

> Small (less than 25" ) LCDs will drop more than large ones, because they
> are also part of the desktop computer industry.

I have an excellent 15" Sylvania LCD TV on my desktop right now that cost me
less than $275. Made in China, of course.

mack
austin