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- From: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk)
- Subject: Re: An overview of 17" monitors
- Message-ID: <1992Sep7.010419.26032@pegasus.com>
- Organization: Pegasus, Honolulu
- References: <rcpt.715301018@rwb.urc.tue.nl> <1992Sep1.061343@eklektix.com> <ggm.715343724@brolga>
- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 92 01:04:19 GMT
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- >>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.
- >
- >Monitors must be almost the oldest component of a computer outside of the
- >keyboard and the fuse. I'd suspect their costs reflect the absence of
- >significant technological advances which translate to reduced cost of
- >production.
-
- I don't think so. Lack of volume is the problem.
-
- Take a look at the difference in price between a 14" color tv and, say
- a 20" one.
-
- If the PC vendors would promote larger monitors more prices would start
- coming down. Fortunately more competition for 17" and larger monitors
- is starting to show up, so hopefully things will start to change.
-
- It's a catch-22, so movement from either side should get prices coming
- down.
-
-
- --
- Richard Foulk richard@pegasus.com
-