[mythtv-users] OT: HDTV TV's

Chris gchris at bellsouth.net
Thu May 11 06:10:23 EDT 2006


> 
>>BTW, last summer I was at the Sony building in Tokyo where they were
>>showing a trio of 1920x1080 Qualia displays. Wow, full HD is pretty
>>impressive.
>>
>>
>>
> It's always puzzled me why these huge HDTVs cost so much more than
> smaller ones. The screen on my laptop is 1920x1200 and must have been
> only a few hundred dollars (US) to make. Since bigger screens have the
> same pixel count (or even fewer pixels for HDTVs), but larger area, each
> pixel must be physically larger. One would think that manufacturing and
> assembling larger pixels would be cheaper than smaller ones, however
> pricing trends seem to indicate otherwise.
> 
> Now I understand that the huge HDTVs are a different technology (plasma)
> than lcd monitors, but prices always go up even within the same
> technology as you increase the screen size.
> 
> Dylan

The larger the piece of glass, the harder it is to get it optically and 
mechanically perfect.  You pay for the rejects.

Chris


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