Good grief.. why do small LCDs' cost more than larger LCDs?!?!?

[KDOG]

Ive been kicking around the idea of building a car PC and the major sticking point is the display. The nicest small one I can find is this Xenarc for $360!!! The thing is I can get a 15" LCD off of price grabber for like $170. What to do, what to do!!! Suggestions?

 

[farmercal]

Think Big?

 

[piasabird]

You can probably get a touch screen for $400.

 

[Sniper82]

I would just get a 15" and mount it somehow.

 

[imported_Mitchell]

Because the cost to make a large LCD is almost the same as making a small one.

 

[batmanuel]

There's also the economy of scale thing. For example, one reason Dell can afford to sell 2005FPWs for under $500 on a regular basis is because they are wickedly popular, which allows them to manufacture the large displays in big enough production batches to realize major cost savings. The 7" ones are in far less demand, and consequently it is more expensive to produce small batches of the panels.

Also, car audio and video devices can sometimes be stupidly expensive, just for the simple reason that their target demographic (middle class teenagers living at home)generally has a lot of disposible income, so that could play into the weird pricing as well.

 

[RaiderJ]

If you get one like that might as well get a touch-screen compatible one.