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- From: rcd@raven.eklektix.com (Dick Dunn)
- Subject: Re: An overview of 17" monitors
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.061343@eklektix.com>
- Organization: eklektix - Boulder, Colorado
- References: <rcpt.715301018@rwb.urc.tue.nl>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 06:13:43 GMT
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- Amongst a lot of other information, rcpt@urc.tue.nl asks:
- > Will 17" monitors soon become affordable?
-
- My $0.02 (sorry, don't know the exchange rate) is *NO*. I've been watching
- monitor prices over the past 1.5-2 years. THe inescapable conclusion is
- that they are not changing *at*all*. You'll see a little bit of motion,
- but it's really negligible...for example, a Sony 1304 has dropped less than
- $100 in price in the last year.
-
- I don't know just what it is that keeps monitor prices so high. (Conspiracy
- theorists, this is your invitation!) But the prices are entirely inelastic,
- and unlike all other equipment in the same market, improvement has been
- minimal-to-nonexistent.
- --
- Dick Dunn rcd@raven.eklektix.com -or- raven!rcd Boulder, Colorado
- Cats!
-