Flat Screen Monitors Sales to Reign This Year

swimfastom writes "Yahoo! News reports that sales of flat-panel computer monitors will top sales of bulkier traditional models this year, signifying a long-expected turning point in the computer monitor market. Flat-panel screen sales are expected to grow at a 49-percent compounded annual growth rate from 2001 through 2006, giving them an 82-percent share of the desktop computer market."

Comments

Not a moment too soon

[darkov]

I have two 21" Sony monitors on my desktop. My desk makes eerie straining noises whn I put my glass hands on the keyboard and a have a tan just on my face.

It's a worry.

Re:Not a moment too soon

[stevejsmith]

If I gave you fifty cents, could I touch you? Just touching somebody who has a setup like that would definitely be the highlight of my life.

what about laptops?

[nevershower]

I bet LCDs have a slighty higher percentage of the laptop market.

I'm sorry to say it but...

[AlbanySux]

The past is not a real indicator of the future. If it was I would be making $60,000 a year instead of fight battling with a bunch of people with 4+ years of experience to get a level 1 help desk job. Flat panel monitors are just too damn expensive if you want something large.

Re:NOT!

[King of the World]

Actually gamers fool themselves into believing it's FSAAx8.

compactness

[Anonymous Coward]

I noticed a few people said that LCD's are more expensive and worse quality than CRT's, but they are more compact, so they sell.

This got me thinking. Cellphones are worse quality than landed lines, and more expensive, but they are compact, and they sell (and people use them at home). Laptops are slower and more expensive than desktops, and they're hard to type on, and the mouse sucks, but they're compact, and they sell (even in the home). Music CD's have a horrendous markup, but they're compact, and they sell. MP3 players sound worse than CD's, and flash memory is expensive, and you have to upload all the songs (which is the same work as burning a cd), but they're compact, and they sell.

It seems like compactness is the ultimate feature. But then why do so many people drive SUV's?

Re:compactness

[xenofalcon]

It seems like compactness is the ultimate feature. But then why do so many people drive SUV's?

That is so they can compact other cars on the road. It's out of courtesy--after all, smaller is better.

Re:compactness

[Tailhook]

Because SUVs move themselves. The rest of that stuff you get to carry. Obviously. Now go hug a tree or something.

Re:Gaming

[Dixie_Flatline]

Since my monitor refresh is set to 75Hz ANYWAY, does it really matter if I go to an LCD? I mean, I'm not seeing any of the extra 823471930 fps that my Ti4600 is putting out anyway, right? And 75fps is plenty fast for gaming. The extra frames per second that are there that I'm not getting a chance to see are just buffer against system slowdown. So I can play UT2K3 at 2938472984fps, and if someone emails me in the background, and my Windows system decides that it's gonna commit suicide and bog down and I can only get 400fps, I'm still good to game.

Re:I dunno...

[Anonymous Coward]

I bet I could rig an electric fence that would create a todler-safe zone for my nice LCD monitor.

disaster for healthcare industry

[one_who_uses_unix]

It is a closely held secret in the health care industry that 90% of all hernias in the IT sector are caused by monitors. What most people don't realize is that HMOs have been underwriting the purchase of lead weights for Sun monitors for years. With widespread adoption of LCDs, they expect dramatic decreases in fees collected for hernia operations on out-of-shape IT professionals. The future of low cost high quality health care in the US is in jeapardy!