At 10:28 AM -0400 7/2/04, John Golitsis wrote: >I said "on the same scale". If the infrastructure is *in place* to turn out >as many LCD panels as CRTs, is the actual cost of producing an LCD panel >more than a CRT? My guess is it's less. Possibly a lot less. You would be incorrect. LCD panels are more expensive to manufacture because the manufacturing technology is far more complex and capital intensive. Making big glass light bulbs is relatively low tech; there are issues related to the size and weight of these bulbs, but these are not big technical barriers. The reason that bigger direct view TV keep coming down in price is that it is easy to make them; that's why CRT manufacturing is being handed over to emerging nations like China. 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.