Market compression.
Mar. 13th, 2010 09:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dsrtaoThe cheapest new LCD monitor you can buy at NewEgg is $110, plus $10 shipping, so $120.
The cheapest somewhat decent LCD monitor is $110 plus $14 shipping.
The very decent LCD monitor that I went looking for in the first place is $140, no shipping charge.
$20 is all that separates the bottom of the barrel, presumably a very low margin product, from something that I would be perfectly happy to stare at. Yes, the nice one is on sale... but not very much on sale.
You can spend a bit more, but it's only really worth spending much more for a specialty need -- extremely large, extremely high resolution.
The cheapest somewhat decent LCD monitor is $110 plus $14 shipping.
The very decent LCD monitor that I went looking for in the first place is $140, no shipping charge.
$20 is all that separates the bottom of the barrel, presumably a very low margin product, from something that I would be perfectly happy to stare at. Yes, the nice one is on sale... but not very much on sale.
You can spend a bit more, but it's only really worth spending much more for a specialty need -- extremely large, extremely high resolution.
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Date: 2010-03-14 07:39 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-03-14 01:39 pm (UTC)http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824112017
I've never seen a bad pixel or a DOA. One of them has failed after warranty expiration; none during.
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Date: 2010-03-15 03:59 am (UTC)