Price of 120Hz monitors

nubonamission · 7 Nov 2009 at 10:07

Hey,

I was wondering if the price of 120Hz monitors like Samsung SM2233RZ will drop any time soon? Just wondering if I should put off purchase a while or not.

Thanks,
nub

alex24 · 7 Nov 2009 at 10:09

If 3D gaming takes off they might. I don't expect they'll come down much though within a year.

nubonamission · 7 Nov 2009 at 11:33

alexhull24 said:
If 3D gaming takes off they might. I don't expect they'll come down much though within a year.

I thought that was probably going to be the case. Thank you for your help.

alex24 · 7 Nov 2009 at 11:39

nubonamission said:
I thought that was probably going to be the case. Thank you for your help.

If you really want to go 3D, I suggest just take the plunge, then when you're done with it (if ever), sell it on second hand. There might be more people like you who'll want to try it too.

pig_dog · 7 Nov 2009 at 13:35

I don't see any reason for the prices to drop if the demand for them increases due to 3D becoming more popular. Unless you're talking about more competition.

phr4n · 7 Nov 2009 at 13:41

pig_dog said:
I don't see any reason for the prices to drop if the demand for them increases due to 3D becoming more popular. Unless you're talking about more competition.

Yeah I would assume that if demand continues to rise prices will drop. I'd think that more companies would jump of this bandwagon after it gets birthed into the HDTV market and then we will see a nice price war to drop the prices, Its never going to be as cheap as 60/75HZ panels though

alex24 · 7 Nov 2009 at 13:53

pig_dog said:
I don't see any reason for the prices to drop if the demand for them increases due to 3D becoming more popular. Unless you're talking about more competition.

What else would I be talking about? If it gets more popular other manufacturers will bring theirs out and prices will lower, and more money would be put into design and manufacturing which will also lower costs.

nubonamission · 7 Nov 2009 at 16:17

Well I'm not really interested in 3D, I just enjoy high refresh rates. I am still using a CRT now, and these monitors are the very first ones that make me want to buy an LCD! [=

Paul_cz · 7 Nov 2009 at 20:48

Igor Stanek from nVidia said today on Games Developer Session (gaming conference in Czech Republic) that Samsung intentionally raised the price by 50% just because they did not have any competition.He also said they should be lowering that price in about 6 months, when there will be more 120hz models.