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?

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RE: Is this a suprise?

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I think it is a question of perceived value. Look at portable MP3 players. The Nomad 40GBs are hundreds more than 10GBs. The only difference is the drive which is certainly less than $100 difference. How do the justify ~$300 price differences? They don't. Customers who don't know better think it's worth it. Me? , a new notebook drive, a little surgery and I saved myself hundreds of bucks. In general, they'll charge as much as the market will bear. I suspect competition will eventually drive it down to a more reasonable price soon enough.