supply and demand
there are a lot of peps using computers
that want a LCD monitor
there are lot of peps that watch TV on a CRT
and why pay $300-$400 for a LCD TV
when a CRT TV that looks just as good
cost $100 some times less
TV tuners cost a little like maybe a few $
Its the same hardware - may be low-er end stuff for
TV, but my guess it cost the same to make
And I would guess it only cost less than a $100 to make
or even less than $50 but every one gets there cut
huge markup
You can see it some times when you look up the chips on a
motherboard - they cost a few cents - like sound or video
and they charge you a extra $30 or more just to place them
on the motherboard - there cost 50 cents - yours $30 or more
there are a lot of peps using computers
that want a LCD monitor
there are lot of peps that watch TV on a CRT
and why pay $300-$400 for a LCD TV
when a CRT TV that looks just as good
cost $100 some times less
TV tuners cost a little like maybe a few $
Its the same hardware - may be low-er end stuff for
TV, but my guess it cost the same to make
And I would guess it only cost less than a $100 to make
or even less than $50 but every one gets there cut
huge markup
You can see it some times when you look up the chips on a
motherboard - they cost a few cents - like sound or video
and they charge you a extra $30 or more just to place them
on the motherboard - there cost 50 cents - yours $30 or more
chips cost a few cents to make...
Little tiny logic chips may only cost a few cents to make, but everytime a chip company commits a sophisticated chip design to the foundry to start getting parts made, they pay around one million dollars. And some companies have chips they have redesigned 6 or 7 times to get all the features working right!
My personal experience is with cell phone and DSL chip development, but I know that graphic controllers are just as complex and expensive to build. It is so expensive that the only chips that get built, are ones that have large market potential. That means they have to be used in consumer products to amortize the development costs over millions of pieces.
There are other ways to make prototype chips, like FPGAs, but then those parts cost a few hundred or thousand dollars each. The real expense then is the labor: It takes about 60 people a year to make a new state-of-the-art chip design.
Little tiny logic chips may only cost a few cents to make, but everytime a chip company commits a sophisticated chip design to the foundry to start getting parts made, they pay around one million dollars. And some companies have chips they have redesigned 6 or 7 times to get all the features working right!
My personal experience is with cell phone and DSL chip development, but I know that graphic controllers are just as complex and expensive to build. It is so expensive that the only chips that get built, are ones that have large market potential. That means they have to be used in consumer products to amortize the development costs over millions of pieces.
There are other ways to make prototype chips, like FPGAs, but then those parts cost a few hundred or thousand dollars each. The real expense then is the labor: It takes about 60 people a year to make a new state-of-the-art chip design.
I asked this question for the sake of diy projection. If LCD TV's that are 14 inches or of simalar size and capable of HDTV perhaps they would be priced higher then flat panel monitors becuase of their resolution.
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