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From: ggm@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au (George Michaelson)
Subject: Re: An overview of 17" monitors
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References: <rcpt.715301018@rwb.urc.tue.nl> <1992Sep1.061343@eklektix.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 10:35:24 GMT
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rcd@raven.eklektix.com (Dick Dunn) writes:
>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.
If gas plasma/lcd takes off in the domestic market, will this affect
the price?
-George
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