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| 203873 | 2003-12-29 07:43:00 | I'm thinking of buying a LCD monitor in the coming weeks. The monitor will be mainly used for text-based stuff but occasionally used for gaming/watching videos. So which LCD monitor would be best for my needs? |
utopia (2200) | ||
| 203874 | 2003-12-29 23:25:00 | Why not just check out on Google for reviews. Check Pricespy for availablity and prices in NZ. Generally some brands are better, although some tend to leapfrog with newer models. Reliable and generally OK are Phillips, Viewsonic, Auriga, Samsung, although there's a fair bit of variation for different models among these brands. The number of independent outfits making the hardware is actually much smaller than the number of apparent available, ie. a lot of seemingly different stuff and different brands (on the outside) comes from the same factory. Also, if you wait, prices are still coming down. So how long should you wait? C'est une grande question, dit Candide. (Acknowledgment to Voltaire) |
rugila (214) | ||
| 203875 | 2003-12-30 00:34:00 | According to the site Neowin.net, LCD prices may rise in the coming year since the "increased popularity of flat panels has come at a time though when LCD manufacturers are in a period of technological transition and supplies look inadequate to meet this new demand". I would go with a Samsung LCD but its 25ms response time won't be useful for games/watching videos. |
utopia (2200) | ||
| 203876 | 2003-12-30 03:09:00 | According to some pretty long-established economics that has stood the test of time pretty well, pricing in a competitive market (which the LCD market is close enough to) tends to follow the long run average cost of production. Technological improvements, which are pretty rapid across most of the computer industry (Microsoft software excepted???) suggest that long-run costs are likely to continue to decline, exacerbated by standard economies of scale as demand increases with no obvious resource or production bottlenecks. Also, there's likely to be increased competition from price-reducing plasma monitors, to say nothing of the much-older technology CRT stuff which is really cheap now, it has to be in order to sell considering its other disadvantages. I'd say that the price of LCD's is likely to continue to decline, particularly in the larger sizes. That economics has a long pedigree, from Alfred Marshall and A C Pigou, through Chamberlin Alfred Stonier, Hal Varian and more modern writers. If you believe it rather than Neowin.net I don't think you'll be disappointed. Do you know who wrote the Neowin.net stuff, what were their qualifications, and did they have any vested interest promoting any particular outcome? It never hurts to know that sort of thing when making a significant financial decision. |
rugila (214) | ||
| 203877 | 2003-12-30 04:07:00 | Even though I'm all for one, I was not impressed with the Text quality on some of the one's I've seen. Bye |
Peter H (220) | ||
| 203878 | 2003-12-30 04:43:00 | Neowin.net got the info from www.eweek.com |
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