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Buy LCD now or keep my CRT and wait for OLED to come out?

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I heard OLED will come out in 2009 which is now and it has very strange native res so should i wait and keep my CRT till oled comes out and becomes cheaper or i buy LCD now?

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OLED will be ridiculously expensive if it comes to market as a PC desktop product in any reasonable strength. Now if you're willing to spend $1000+ on a very nice monitor at the end of the year, then _maybe_ hold out till then.

If you still have a CRT now chances are you are NOT an enthusiast and therefore not into spending that much money on your PC components. I'd recommend getting yourself into a 24" LCD with decent stats. (1920x1200, low refresh rate) Perhaps a Samsung or a Dell would suit you nicely. I think they are around $450 now, but maybe you can find a deal.

Reply to telim

An inexpensive OLED monitor of any size will be a pipe dream for the first few years after it is released.

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Reply to jaguarskx

OK, i heard production costs are not expensive, why would they sell them high prices at later in this year.

Reply to core i7 ownage
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Because production costs are expensive?

Honestly - it's a brand new technology - if it were cheap, do you really think that the only one on the market would be an 11 inch for $2500?

Reply to cjl

I know it is new technology but it costs even less when you got all materials you need and you make it yourself.


Message edited by core i7 ownage on 02-12-2009 at 06:25:52 PM
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How do you propose making an OLED yourself?

Reply to cjl

Its not all the production costs that keep prices high. They have to make up that R&D cost somewhere as well. And until all the major manufacturers have the technology, the price will be prohibitively high.

Reply to battlemarz

oh lol @CJI i can make anything.

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