Thin and stylish, flat panels still cost a bundle; if it weren't for the price, LCD monitors could edge their bulky cousins off the desktop
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Flat-panel displays, despite their steep price reduction in the last several months, still cannot overtake their computer monitor rivals, probably because of the higher cost. An example of lower flat-panel pricing include IBM's 14-inch Think Panel LCD Model 9514, which has plummeted from $3,000 in Jun 1997 to $999 today. Apple's 15-inch Studio Display LCD was reduced to $1,299 from $1,999 earlier in Aug 1998. Improved manufacturing, the Asian economic crisis and increased domestic competition have contributed to the lower flat-panel prices. By contrast, 17-inch CRT monitors currently retail for less than $500, while 14-inch and 15-inch computer monitors frequently cost less than $200. Sales of the new LCD monitors totaled 55,000 in the first half of 1998, compared to approximately 14 million conventional monitors sold during the same span, according to market research and consulting firm Stanford Resources.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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Looking for perfection? Don't look too closely
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Flat-panel monitors offer drawbacks in addition to many advantages over their cathode-ray tube (CRT) counterparts. The new screens, which feature LCD, require much more precision before users can attain the best picture. This puts pressure on transistors that handle the picture elements. Many LCD panels, as well as laptop computer screens, contain one or more bad pixels that can become prominent. Early LCD monitors not only were exorbitant, they also featured narrow viewing angles that forced viewers to focus exclusively on the center of the screen for optimal images. The newest LCD monitors, or Thin Film Transistor (TFT), show significant improvement in this matter despite some degree of color shift. Other LCD disadvantages include flickering, weakening fluorescent backlights that can affect the screen's life span and perhaps slower response times.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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Thin and stylish, flat panels still cost a bundle: If it weren't for the price, LCD monitors could edge their bulky cousins off the desktop
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The PC monitor that is the standard on most desktops, a CRT or cathode-ray tub display, will probably be there for quite a while longer while prices on the much less cumbersome LCD monitors, or flat panels, come down. Right now the flat panels are useful for customers such as Barclays Bank where room on the desks is critical in the trading room. Typical prices are $1,299 for an Apple Flat Panel Studio Display; Compaq's FP-500 is $899; NEC's 1510 Xtra View and View Sonic's VP150 are $1,595.
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Prices for flat panels are coming down, but so are CRT monitors; the latter is still more reasonable from a budget standpoint
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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