Flat Screen Monitors Sales to Reign This Year 282
swimfastom writes "Yahoo! News reports that sales of flat-panel computer monitors will top sales of bulkier traditional models this year, signifying a long-expected turning point in the computer monitor market. Flat-panel screen sales are expected to grow at a 49-percent compounded annual growth rate from 2001 through 2006, giving them an 82-percent share of the desktop computer market."
NOT! (Score:5, Insightful)
and then you have that nasty problem with not running at the native resolutions...
well, if you go by sales alone... (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:NOT! (Score:5, Insightful)
I don't have one, don't want one. (Score:3, Insightful)
five to one??? (Score:5, Insightful)
That's a pretty optimistic prediction, because the current price ratio is about 5 CRT monitors for the cost of 1 flat-panel. Common sense tell us that the price of a flat-panel screen would have to drop by about 60%-70% before the majority of consumers would consider buying forking out the extra cash to save 1 or 2 cubic feet of desk space.
Not until they become cheaper (Score:1, Insightful)
The best part is... (Score:2, Insightful)
Seriously, if I could get a 19" LCD for $200-300 more than a 19" CRT with the same resolution, I'd do it. I know that price point is a long way off, but if you've got lots of companies making the parts, and serious competition, it could happen (closer to their 2006 time frame). Anyway, LCD's are so much easier on the eyes.
Just a thought...
Sales Power of Experience (Score:3, Insightful)
what ?!?! (Score:5, Insightful)
The article is right because... (Score:5, Insightful)
Sales in DOLLARS not UNITS (Score:5, Insightful)
Sunny
Check your references (Score:4, Insightful)
Flat panel monitors only or Laptops too? (Score:3, Insightful)
A little history repeating itself (Score:3, Insightful)
"Someday, it'll be afforadable" I thought to myself. That someday came in the late 90s. So I got one. Of course, I liked it.
Flat panels are the same way. Do I want one? Yes. Will I eventually buy one? Yes. Will I spend 700-1500 for a good quality one right now? Not on your life.
If these industry experts really belive that it will pass up CRTs this year, then they really have to change the pricing structure on them.
In the meantime, I'm very happy with my current 19" NEC, in black, which looks dang cool and cost me $250.
Re:compactness (Score:5, Insightful)
Ah, grasshopper, you come so close to the truth, yet so far away. It is not compactness that is the ultimate feature, it is price. He who has the most expensive toys becomes the envy of his friends, thus enhancing his self-esteem. Cell phones, laptops, and SUVs are status symbols - every American wants them because the sages of Madison Avenue tell them that these objects will bring happiness.
I dunno... (Score:5, Insightful)
1) Find a 2 year old.
2) Give them a random hard, pointy object such as a ball-point pen. (This step is optional, toddlers can create such objects out of thin air. You just have more control this way.)
3) Put said toddler within 6 feet of flat panel monitor with a pretty screen saver being displayed.
The problem with an LCD is that you don't hear the "ting ting ting" warning bell that a CRT gives you when a toddler is too close.
Over-rated... (Score:1, Insightful)
If you know what you're doing, and trained eyes (color), you don't need to know black is black.
Unless you're doing super-professional work, it shouldn't matter. And if you were, you would probably be working at a super-professional workstation (multi-mon (lcd/crt), with this and that).
The typical user and internet photochop kiddy shouldn't have to 'care' that much. Not enough for them to completly shutout lcds as a possible buy.
Only problem with lcd's is the response time, which is needed ( 25ms) to play FPS games. RPG's and 'slower' games aren't affected. And you must play them at your LCD's set resolution to get the best image. But shouldn't be a problem with all the new vid cards out now (Radeon 9500).
But who says you have to throw away your old monitor? Dual monitor setup baby!
Re:They already have 100% share of the Media marke (Score:3, Insightful)
I'm not sure, but this may have something to do with how they look when you film them. If you're shooting with a fast shutter speed, you can get some ugly effects from the scanning of the monitor. That's why you'll see some odd flickering of the screen on CRTs in movies. IIRC, there's not the same problem with LCDs so they should be easier to film.
Re:I dunno... (Score:5, Insightful)
Idea: Keep said 2-year-old away from said expensive monitor. Keep said 2-year-old away from other expensive, delicate, and/or dangerous objects as well.
(Is parenting a lost art? "No" a word from a dead language?)
Spoken like a true nonparent. Life is not easily segmented into "safe, cushy, cheap, expendable romper room" and "everything else."
Re:Gaming (Score:3, Insightful)
Also, lumping all gamers together isn't quite right. First person shooters are the only genre that really suffers from moving to a slightly inferior monitor. A gamer that logs massive hours in something like Civilization, The Sims or Everquest may actually prefer the break on the eyes. Its funny to see so many people claim gamers will spend any amount on a CRT but never mention that the perfectd solution may in fact be one of each.
I really don't mean this as flamebait to the many technophiles here.
I might get a LCD... (Score:3, Insightful)
1. The resolutions. CRT's have better resolutions and you can freely change resolutions. LCD's are limited when it comes to max-resolutions (the ones that can do 1600x1200 cost too much) and the image-quality deteriorates if you use a "non-native" resolution
2. Response time. It's just too high on LCD's. Luckily this is getting better all the time.
3. The price. They cost quite a bit more than CRT's.
When those three points are fixed, I might consider it.