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Re: AMOLED reaches price parity with LCD and now costs less than LCD to produce

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chrisv wrote:

> 7 wrote:
> 
>>By the time its more than 18 months
>>most likely you will be looking for replacement
>>gadget with half the price and double the utility.
> 
> Not TV's.  I still look to get ten years out of one.  They are not
> improving that fast.

I was in costco and seen a huge range of LCD and OLED TV.
I can tell you I was salivating in front of the OLEDs.
They were about 5K when I saw them first.
Now about 2K.
The quality is unmistakable.
But price is off putting. LCDs of same size is about 0.5K.

They will come down, and then I buy.
(If it breaks, I buy again. Like kickstarter purchases, I have
 no problem funding bleeding edge.)
 
> 4k?  No thanks.  Maybe if I sat 5 feet away from a 65" TV, but I
> don't.  1080P is plenty good, for video, IMO.

Pay visit to Costco and salivate :(

 

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AMOLED reaches price parity with LCD and now costs less than LCD to produce 7 <7@enemygadgets.com> - 2016-03-28 21:21 +0100
  Re: AMOLED reaches price parity with LCD and now costs less than LCD to produce Saint George <stgeorge@england.eng> - 2016-03-29 10:44 +0100
    Re: AMOLED reaches price parity with LCD and now costs less than LCD to produce Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-03-29 05:44 -0400
  Re: AMOLED reaches price parity with LCD and now costs less than LCD to produce chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-03-29 07:02 -0500
    Re: AMOLED reaches price parity with LCD and now costs less than LCD to produce chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-03-29 08:59 -0500
      Re: AMOLED reaches price parity with LCD and now costs less than LCD to produce Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-03-29 11:40 -0400
  Re: AMOLED reaches price parity with LCD and now costs less than LCD to produce Me Sham <osirus47@yahoo.com> - 2016-03-29 07:53 -0700
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      Re: AMOLED reaches price parity with LCD and now costs less than LCD to produce chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-03-29 13:35 -0500
        Re: AMOLED reaches price parity with LCD and now costs less than LCD to produce 7 <7@enemygadgets.com> - 2016-03-29 19:47 +0000
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            Re: AMOLED reaches price parity with LCD and now costs less than LCD to produce chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-03-29 14:59 -0500
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