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LCD Price Fixing?
bilsaysthis asks: "Bill Kearney poses a really interesting question, one which I've been puzzled by for a while too: 'What's with prices on LCD displays? On one hand a laptop can be had with UXGA resolution display for $1000. Try buying that display alone and you'll find it's also around $1000. Then there's how much they're gouging for the same resolution in an LCD television.'" Sadly enough, as much as I want one of these for my wall, the market is willing to bear these prices. How long will it be before this hardware becomes affordable?
How long will it be before this hardware becomes affordable?
The real question is, how much longer until my eBay scam pays off and I can afford one no matter what the price.
Even if I do have to move suddenly to Vermont.
Ten minutes after you make a purchase.
The Political Programmer
Buy a laptop and take off the base. ta-dah, problem solved!. You have a flat-panel monitor AND a small headless server.
:)
Of course, you do then need to make the interface to connect the flat panel to something useful, but thats where the fun comes into it
What's with prices on LCD displays? On one hand a laptop can be had with UXGA resolution display for $1000. Try buying that display alone and you'll find it's also around $1000.
Solution: Buy a laptop, nail it to the wall, and watch TV!
I have no problem with your religion until you decide it's reason to deprive others of the truth.
I setup a mirror, too... In my bathroom. It's one of the new flat screen models.
Google doesn't index user sigs, so stop trying to "Google Bomb" with them.
But can you imagine an open laptop? Neon and clear shit for days... Case modding to the extreme!
Indeed, I can imagine ... and what's the point? Most of the cool casemods take up power. With neon tubes everywhere, you would probably cut your battery life by a factor of two or three, which would defeat most of the point of getting a laptop.
I'm reminded of an acquaintance of mine from high school, who bought a Geo Metro and added so many car mods (ground effect, huge stereo, etc.) that his alternator couldn't keep up. He bought a new alternator, which destroyed the car's fuel economy, which is basically the only reason to buy a Metro.
Then again, this is probably the wrong crowd to ask "Why get a new gadget?".
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Price-gouging is also called profiteering. Merriam-Webster uses this definition:
... so in retrospect were CRTs being price gouged?
one who makes what is considered an unreasonable profit especially on the sale of essential goods during times of emergency
Ok, LCD screens are not an essential good and even though this is this a time of emergency for some, it's hardly relevant to the need for an LCD monitor. I'm not even sure they're making that much profit since there's such a high waste ratio in making LCDs. Besides, LCDs are just priced at what CRTs used to be
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws-Plato
In a capitalist system, the value of an item is equal to what someone is willing to pay for it. As long as there are people paying X thousand dollars for a plasma TV, the retailer and manufacturer have no incentive to reduce the price.
I'm casting my vote by not paying that high of a price. Just wait a little... It'll come down.
I'd rather be a conservative nutjob than a liberal with no nuts and no job.
the downside is that you have to drink crap