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Flat Screen Monitors Sales to Reign This Year

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the lcd-versus-crt dept.

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."

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  1. Re:This just in by ekrout · · Score: 1, Troll

    Your wish is my command (even though you're an arrogant know-nothing prick).

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  2. Yeah, yeah. There's a reason, you know. . . by Fantastic+Lad · · Score: 1, Troll
    I've said it before, and I'll say it again. . .

    The reason LCD technology has been allowed to proliferate is that everybody now has a cell phone. Cell phones are far more effective vectors of brain-dulling than the humble CRT.

    Spooky and evil, sure, but the nice thing is, if you ditch your cell phone for a land-line, replace your aging CRT for a nice LCD screen, then you can actually recover some of your edge without paying a compromise to your life style, (unless, of course, you can no longer live without your portable communicator. Oh, how DID you manage before?)

    Of course, you still have to deal with the ever-increasing blanket of EM fuzz covering most metropolitan centers, but these days it is getting to be more about comparative power than having a completely clear head. Essentially, anybody who doesn't use a cell phone or a CRT, (or anti-depressants, chemical food preservatives, TV, etc.), is going to have a noticeably significant mental edge over the vast percentage of those who do. (Who, by and large, generally feel somewhat stoned, hung-over, tired, sort of depressed and fairly suggestible most of the time. New Millennium Malaise. . .)

    When was the last time you had a real, honest to god, dream. . ?

    Really. . ? Well, isn't that interesting. You should be able to remember your dreams every night. If you can't or if you simply don't dream then something is wrong. Anybody who tells you different is either mis-informed or lying outright. You might start by moving your head away from the clock radio and power mains, then by adjusting your diet so that you stop eating chemical garbage. Yes, really.

    Oh, and do get a flat screen, and do so while they still have signal wires coming out the back instead of antennas.


    -Fantastic Lad