Display Panels Prices Dropping?

[Marvelous]

According to this article, prices for 32" panels could actually fall to $290 in the third quarter of 2007. Wow. Here is a quote from the full article:

Prices for 32-inch panels have dropped 37% from US$572 a year ago to nearly US$360 now, according to Displaybank. Although the material costs for 32-inch panels have dropped to US$141 while depreciation and labor costs have also decreased around 30%, the profits of 32-inch panel production have reduced from US$22 a year ago to around US$5 now, Displaybank said. Should the average selling price (ASP) of the segment fall to US$290, panel makers will have losses.

 

[travbomb]

According to this article, prices for 32" panels could actually fall to $290 in the third quarter of 2007. Wow. Here is a quote from the full article:

Prices for 32-inch panels have dropped 37% from US$572 a year ago to nearly US$360 now, according to Displaybank. Although the material costs for 32-inch panels have dropped to US$141 while depreciation and labor costs have also decreased around 30%, the profits of 32-inch panel production have reduced from US$22 a year ago to around US$5 now, Displaybank said. Should the average selling price (ASP) of the segment fall to US$290, panel makers will have losses.

I am sure prices will erode in the next 10 months. Probably not by half because the panel amkers will lose money like the article states, but 25% or so.

 

[reductant]

I doubt they will go that low.