Why are TV LCDs so much more expensive then computer moniter LCDs?

[Dijay]

you can get a 15" LCD for $250 to $400.......but if you buy one that is just ment to be a TV....it could cost over 1k.

I've heard people say its because the quality is much better, but I'm not sure I believe that.

 

[Goosemaster]

because people are idiots......


I guess because they include TV tuners, but you can get Hybrid LCD/TV 's from veiwsonic for cheap.


Then again maybe they have more pixels and can actually display HDTV:Q

 

[Tung]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
because people are idiots......

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: Dijay
you can get a 15" LCD for $250 to $400.......but if you buy one that is just ment to be a TV....it could cost over 1k.

I've heard people say its because the quality is much better, but I'm not sure I believe that.

Because you obviously havnt checked the price on a 21" LCD recently have you ?

oooooooh nooooo you havnt have you.

Whats the average LCD TV size? between 30 & 40 inches perhaps?

Well then, a 30" LCD TV is obviously going to be the same price as something thats half its size isnt it

Dan

 

[DannyBoy]

Out of interest, where can you buy a 15inch LCD TV from?

Ive NEVER seen something that small that is "Just a TV".

An LCD is pretty much an LCD.

Dan

 

[chizow]

Actually Mr. Fitty, a much smaller LCD TV like the ones Samsung make cost about 2x-3x as much as an equally-sized PC LCD. I haven't seen any mainstream LCD TVs over 20'', and they again cost $2 to 3K compared to a 20'' LCD that might cost $1k.

Chiz

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: chizow
Actually Mr. Fitty, a much smaller LCD TV like the ones Samsung make cost about 2x-3x as much as an equally-sized PC LCD. I haven't seen any mainstream LCD TVs over 20'', and they again cost $2 to 3K compared to a 20'' LCD that might cost $1k.

Chiz

We are talking about the same thing right?

A Liquid Crystal Display?

Yea?

 

[paralazarguer]

Out of interest, where can you buy a 15inch LCD TV from?

Ive NEVER seen something that small that is "Just a TV".

An LCD is pretty much an LCD.

Yes, dan. You're talking about the same thing. Go to the sony store. You'll find a 15" LCD T.V. Only, it's not the same aspect ratio as a standard LCD. Since it's an HDTV (and has an HDTV tuner) it is much wider.

 

[chizow]

Originally posted by: MrFiTTy
We are talking about the same thing right?

A Liquid Crystal Display?

Yea?

You might be thinking of plasma TVs; There are LCD TVs that have been announced in the larger sizes, but they aren't available in any mainstream channels yet, due to either insane ungodly costs or incredibly low yields due to the size of the wafer needed to produce a single TFT that large.

Chiz

 

[Pocatello]

I've seen a 15" LCD TV that cost more than a 20" LCD monitor, a 13" LCD TV goes around $800.

 

[Eug]

Actually Mr. Fitty, a much smaller LCD TV like the ones Samsung make cost about 2x-3x as much as an equally-sized PC LCD. I haven't seen any mainstream LCD TVs over 20'', and they again cost $2 to 3K compared to a 20'' LCD that might cost $1k.

I've seen a widescreen Samsung 22" LCD TV. It was $$$$, but then again, so are TFT monitors that size.

Quality IMO was not as nice as a 30" Samsung direct-view EDTV progressive scan CRT though. And the CRT cost less.

 

[DannyBoy]

Im sure ive seen a 30inch LCD for a few grand im sure of it :|

Ignore me then im probably wrong

I will check in the store im thinking i saw it and get back to you.

Dan

 

[MikeMike]

here i will compare the prices of a 15" lcd tv at Bestbuy to a 15" lcd monitor at best buy w/ tv tuner.....


TFT LCD monitor with TV tuner and remote 549.99

15" Widescreen LCD T.V. 1299$

the difference in price seems to come when widescreen is thrown into the picture cuz here is another 15" LCD tv that isnt widescreen and it is only 799$

so yeah T.V.s seem to be a bit more in cost in general than computer monitors

and as for better quality, i think that computer monitors would be able to display at better res. than T.V. and should be able to take more of a pounding caused by moving them around

 

[Dijay]

Originally posted by: MrFiTTy

Originally posted by: Dijay
you can get a 15" LCD for $250 to $400.......but if you buy one that is just ment to be a TV....it could cost over 1k.

I've heard people say its because the quality is much better, but I'm not sure I believe that.

Because you obviously havnt checked the price on a 21" LCD recently have you ?

oooooooh nooooo you havnt have you.

Whats the average LCD TV size? between 30 & 40 inches perhaps?

Well then, a 30" LCD TV is obviously going to be the same price as something thats half its size isnt it

Dan

omg........ok braincell, let me spell this out for you...

I was compareing 2 15" LCDs...... Not a 15" to a 20 - 40" TV........


btw, my mom just bought a 15" LCD tv for $799.....normally 12k. THIS is what I'm talking about OK?


"Ignore me then im probably wrong " k, will do LOL


"but you can get Hybrid LCD/TV 's from veiwsonic for cheap"

I think I might buy that one. Hopefully 25ms will be low enough though as I'll be connection my Xbox and PS2 in progressive scan for games. its widescreen too!

 

[paralazarguer]

omg........ok braincell, let me spell this out for you...

Lol! Not many people are liking Dan today! Maybe it's because he posts wildly in every thread with no idea what he's talking about with all sorts of wild conjecture! "The fanless 5200 will be faster than the Ti4600!"

 

[Dijay]

Now this is what I'm talking about....

17" widescreen tv/moniter LCD hells yeah

for $850...not too bad



or this samsung for $1400 thats pretty much the same thing.....I think

 

[paralazarguer]

Yeah, that's pretty good. BUT it's not the same. All of the lcd TVs that I've seen have been HDTVs with HDTV tuners and have the proper shape rather than the shape of a computer monitor. It's nothing more than an LCD with a TV tuner. Big deal. Still, it's pretty nice.

 

[Eug]

BTW, you can get computer LCD monitors that are widescreen too, without a TV tuner and with no analogue inputs besides VGA.

 

[Dijay]

this lcd tv is somewhat cheap (considering its widescreen and all the inputs it has....


yeah, $899 isn't great but not as bad as some other but who the **** is Tatung? never heard of them lol

I still can't get myself to buy a 17" widescreen LCD when I can get a 30" widescreen HDTV for $1k. samsung 30"

 

[Dijay]

"BTW, you can get computer LCD monitors that are widescreen too, without a TV tuner and with no analogue inputs besides VGA. "

I know. samsung makes a nice widescreen 17" LCD. (the 172w I think) But I want it to do 3 things.

1. computer moniter
2. TV
3. be able to hook my xbox and ps2 up useing progressive scan. <----and unless there is a video card that can do this for me for somewhat cheap...I'd rather just buy the LCD that can do it all.





"All of the lcd TVs that I've seen have been HDTVs with HDTV tuners "

sorry but thats hard for me to believe. I'm pretty sure most of them say "hdtv ready", meaning you can connect a hd sorce to it. But you can do that with all HDTV so pretty much all of them are HD ready. (just like any computer moniter is with a hdtv tuner.

 

[Pariah]

Originally posted by: paralazarguer
Yeah, that's pretty good. BUT it's not the same. All of the lcd TVs that I've seen have been HDTVs with HDTV tuners and have the proper shape rather than the shape of a computer monitor. It's nothing more than an LCD with a TV tuner. Big deal. Still, it's pretty nice.

I don't think I've ever seen an LCD TV with a built in HDTV tuner, though I'm sure the exist. All the ones I've seen have standard cable tuners. Sadly enough, for $900, you're not going to get a TV with an HDTV tuner in it.

 

[BoberFett]

Here's one: Ouch!

13" LCD TV for $800? I think that's what the original poster was wondering about. That's not widescreen or special in any way. And it's only 13".

 

[paralazarguer]

The one that I'm talking about is a 13" sony that I saw at the Sony store yesterday. It looked really bad actually. It couldn't produce black and the colours were really plain.

 

[Dijay]

Originally posted by: BoberFett
Here's one: Ouch!

13" LCD TV for $800? I think that's what the original poster was wondering about. That's not widescreen or special in any way. And it's only 13".

LOL.....the sad thing is you KNOW someone bought it. Makes me wanna search them out and slap each and every one of them haha

 

[0roo0roo]

i havn't seen any 15" hdtv lcds. they are just normal lcds, but expensive as hell.