At 11:11 AM -0400 7/1/04, John Golitsis wrote: >On the same scale, how can manufacturing a 27" LCD panel possibly cost more >than manufacturing a 27" CRT? The manufacturing process for LCD displays is considerably more complex than for CRT displays, and the cost to build the manufacturing plat is much higher. We are talking about the difference between manufacturing light bulbs versus large complex integrated "chips." The process for building CRT displays is well evolved: make the bulb, screen on the phosphors and assemble some cheap metal components manufactured by the millions. The process for building LCD panels is still developing, especially for larger panels. The glass substrates are more expensive to manufacture than big light bulbs. The process of creating each image sample involves laying down dyes, and building active transistors and signal traces for each pixel location. The differences in required image processing and power requirements probably net out. LCD panels do enjoy an advantage in shipping weight and "volume" per unit. > >"Convergence". Gee, I haven't heard anyone use that word in years! I think >it died at about the same time as the term "New Media" ;) It never died... It just was delayed, as we have documented for more than seven years on this list. Regards Craig ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.