Digital Home Thoughts: Supply of Large LCD Panels Not Enough to Meet Demand

"The global demand for large, high-quality flat-panel displays will outstrip supply by 4.3 percent in the fourth quarter, research company iSuppli/Stanford Resources said Thursday. A study released by the El Segundo, Calif.-based company found that large TFT LCDs (liquid crystal displays) will be much in demand because of increased spending associated with the holiday season. iSuppli defines a large screen as one that is more than 10 inches in diagonal length. The use of TFT (thin-film transistor) technology generally indicates a higher-quality display. If the company's prediction is correct, the fourth quarter will be the first of the year in which demand exceeds supply..."

Low supply usually means prices will jump - it's a good thing I ordered twin Dell Ultrasharp 2001FP's last week! :D The list price is $1549 CND, but there was the two coupons for customers in the US that dropped the price to $770 USD, so I told the nice salesman that I wanted a great deal. Much to my surprise, he gave me one! I got each monitor for $1199 CND, so while that isn't quite as good as $770 USD, that's a total savings of $700 CND on both monitors. Sweet! I'm positively giddy with anticipation over getting these new monitors - I've read fantastic things about them. I'm going to run them in analog mode for now and see how that goes, although I'm quite sure I'll be hunting for a dual DVI video card before too long...