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Taiwan and South Korea's LCD Market-Share Battle

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the when-will-23"-panels-be-affordable dept.

prostoalex writes: "This lengthy article on Reuters Web site, filled with numbers and analyst references, talks about Korean and Taiwanese manufacturers starting a price war in the field of LCD. Apparently, last year all Taiwan-based manufacturers lost money, while Koreans made money, and the companies are ready to slash their prices in turn for market share." From my reading of the article, it looks like the manufacturers may actually be reluctant to trade profits for market share, but this kind of competition still sounds good for LCD buyers.

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  1. LCDs in TW by fliptout · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I was in Taiwan last December, and nearly everyone there has flat screens. It was hard to find CRTs anywhere. Even public schools have flatpanels. I should have bought one there, i could have gotten a decent 17" for around $250.

    My gf(who is taiwanese) and i go computer shopping often and we are always aghast at how much more expensive flat panels are here in the states. $500 for a 15" flat panel? No thanks. Fortunately we have the hookup in Taiwan ;)

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  2. Re:Holy cow! by Dr.+Ion · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Same here.. I couldn't get a GeForce2 or PNY GeForce3 to drive the DVI on an FP2000 without speckle and snow, even at lower resolutions.

    A PNY GeForce4 4200 did the trick, though. Tack-sharp 1600x1200, no problem.

    I'm starting to wonder if DVI isn't so standardized.

  3. Re:....price wars are not that good. by slittle · · Score: 2, Interesting
    The LCD manufacturers are further shooting themselves in the foot by allowing the CRT manufacturer to rapidly increases the minimum acceptable monitor size, right now about 19" for about $200
    I don't know about that...

    On one hand, how long is that going to last? Big CRTs are.. big, not to mention fucking heavy. Not everyone has the space to put a monster CRT.

    On the other, since those same CRT mfr's are forcing the bigger screen sizes, people who are convinced of the size but don't have/want to waste the space may trade money for space and move to LCD.

    More widescreen (like Apple's.. whatever it's called) LCD's would be fuckin cool too. My eyes are side by side people, my field of vision is not square!
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