http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article.asp?datePublish=2002/12/05&pages=PR&seq=201 ... Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) registered the strongest growth by shipping 428,000 15-inch panels, 6,000 18-inch panels and a small amount of 17-inch panels. However, the company reportedly sold its 15-inch LCD monitor panels at less than their unit production cost of US$170.
Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) was able to ship 200,000 17-inch panels, which should help to improve its sales and average profit margin amid the generally declining price trend. The company plans to begin shipments of 20 to 30-inch LCD TV panels and mobile phone panels in the first quarter of next year http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article.asp?datePublish=2002/12/11&pages=07&seq=41 ... Contract prices for 15 and 17-inch TFT LCDs scheduled for shipment this month reportedly have been lowered to US$160-170 and US$260-270, respectively, each down by US$15 from last month, reported the Nihon Keizai Shimbun. While the price for 15-inch LCD monitor panels has fallen below many panel producers' costs, industry observers expect the price decline to slow considerably beginning early next year. *** So, does dream come true? With prices of 15" LCDs at $170-$200 range there is a good possibilities that typical office desktop installs would have LCD (not CRT) monitor in 2003. As configuration of LCD displays in XFree86 is pretty easy (all modes are known, size of viewable area is fixed, etc.), and sub-pixel geometry is known, LCD display makes perfect fit for typical Linux/XFree86 Desktop. And 20"-30" LCD TVs (mentioned above) sound very promising, too. Has someone tried one of those? Or 9Megapixel (200dpi) LCD panel from Viewsonic (based on IBM developments)? Most likely, I would have good budget for 2003, and certanly would plan one of those things for myself. -- Vadim Plessky SVG Icons * BlueSphere Icons 0.3.0 released http://svgicons.sourceforge.net My KDE page http://kde2.newmail.ru (English) KDE mini-Themes http://kde2.newmail.ru/themes/ _______________________________________________ Render mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/render
