A lot of people are talking about U.S. tariffs possibly being the reason desktop and TV LCDs are more expensive that notebook LCDs. I don't know if they actually are more expensive or not, as I'm writing this on a Cornea Systems MP704B 17" LCD I got from Amazon for about $350 that suits me just fine (450:1 contrast ratio). I'm no lawyer or anything, but it seems to me that information from the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule might help in sorting this out.
Heading 8528.12 (reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radiobroadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus) states that, from most countries, there is no tariff on screens smaller than 13.5in (34.29cm), and on larger screens only a 3.9% (recording) or 5% (non-recording) tariff. A lot of countries are also excluded from these tariffs, but I'm not sure where to dig up the codes.
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A lot of people are talking about U.S. tariffs possibly being the reason desktop and TV LCDs are more expensive that notebook LCDs. I don't know if they actually are more expensive or not, as I'm writing this on a Cornea Systems MP704B 17" LCD I got from Amazon for about $350 that suits me just fine (450:1 contrast ratio). I'm no lawyer or anything, but it seems to me that information from the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule might help in sorting this out.
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Heading 8528.12 (reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radiobroadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus) states that, from most countries, there is no tariff on screens smaller than 13.5in (34.29cm), and on larger screens only a 3.9% (recording) or 5% (non-recording) tariff. A lot of countries are also excluded from these tariffs, but I'm not sure where to dig up the codes.
Check it out for yourselves:
http://dataweb.usitc.gov/SCRIPTS/tariff/0301c85.p