24 inch monitors dropping price?

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Well now that the 26 inchers are coming out do you guys think we will see a little drop in price for the 24 inch models? If so how soon do you think we could expect such a thing?
 
we need several 26" displays to come out for a month or two at least. I don't think there will be a massive drop though. If 20" monitors are anything to go by it's the resolution that holds the value rather than the size. I'm affraid 1920x1200 is just too useful for 'Full HD' and the manufacturers know people will pay through the nose for this, that may not change for some time to come.
 
20 and 21 inch wide will be the next two to dissapear. The market is moving towards 19 wide, 22 wide, 24 wide and a few 26 wides.
 
travbomb said:
20 and 21 inch wide will be the next two to dissapear. The market is moving towards 19 wide, 22 wide, 24 wide and a few 26 wides.
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Thanks for that info. That's quite a jump from 19" to 22". Why drop 20" widescreen? I thought sales were pretty brisk in this segment? Would the 22" take over the price point of the 20"? That would be good news.

Too bad 23" wide never caught on. A 23" widescreen is the perfect height and pixel pitch to complement my 20.1" 4:3 monitors.
 
I will tell you one thing, I have the 24 gateway, and I am not happy with it. And from reading posts on other 24's. I don't think a company hasn't gotten one just right yet.
 
BPini said:
I will tell you one thing, I have the 24 gateway, and I am not happy with it. And from reading posts on other 24's. I don't think a company hasn't gotten one just right yet.
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Are you serious? thats scary considering the 22 inchers are really subpar. I really have no idea what monitor to get lol, i'm starting to think the lil 23 inch olevia lcd hdtv is not looking so bad when it only cost 350. :p
 
MentatYP said:
Thanks for that info. That's quite a jump from 19" to 22". Why drop 20" widescreen? I thought sales were pretty brisk in this segment? Would the 22" take over the price point of the 20"? That would be good news.

Too bad 23" wide never caught on. A 23" widescreen is the perfect height and pixel pitch to complement my 20.1" 4:3 monitors.
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Yeah 23 inch is being replaced by 24 inch as we speak. I dont think 23 panels will be arond much longer

reason 22 inch is in and 20 inch is out is because of of the cost to cut the panel. Manufacturers can cut more 22 inchers from a substrate of glass more effeciently than 20 inch wide. this in turn leads to a lower costing panel and higher margins for them.
 
travbomb said:
Yeah 23 inch is being replaced by 24 inch as we speak. I dont think 23 panels will be arond much longer

reason 22 inch is in and 20 inch is out is because of of the cost to cut the panel. Manufacturers can cut more 22 inchers from a substrate of glass more effeciently than 20 inch wide. this in turn leads to a lower costing panel and higher margins for them.
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Ah, makes sense. Less wasted material with the 22" than the 20". So looking into your crystal ball, do you know if that means they'll pass on some of the savings to us and put the 22" in the price point currently occupied by the 20", or will manufacturers just price the 22" higher?
 
MentatYP said:
Ah, makes sense. Less wasted material with the 22" than the 20". So looking into your crystal ball, do you know if that means they'll pass on some of the savings to us and put the 22" in the price point currently occupied by the 20", or will manufacturers just price the 22" higher?
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Not sure. I think we are seeing this a bit already though in the fact that some 22 inchers are the same price or less than some 20 inch wides. You will probably steady erosion as we have with everything else as 24 and 26 become more popular.

It will be interesting to see. I havent seen any exact info from digitimes or anything yet though.
 
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