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Sales Prices of 14-in. LCD PC Monitors Decline
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March 10, 1998 (TOKYO) -- The average retail price of 14-inch and 14.1-in. XGA (extended graphics array)
color thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) monitors dropped by about 4 percent as of March
2, as compared with a month earlier.
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Nikkei Microdevices surveyed the average retail prices of LCD monitors sold at Laox, a major PC retail
store in Akihabara, Tokyo. The survey covered five models.
Nikkei Microdevices said the average price was 187,400 yen (US$1,474), and the range was 163,000 yen to
228,000 yen.
The average price of the four models of 15-in. XGA color TFT-LCD monitors was 252,250 yen (US$1,984), a
decline of 7.6 percent from the previous month. The prices varied from 208,000 yen to 325,000 yen.
On the other hand, 10 models of 17-in. SXGA CRT monitors were priced between 54,800 yen and 96,800 yen.
Because of many new releases, the average price was 73,100 yen (US$575), an increase of about 1 percent
compared with the previous month.
(Nikkei Microdevices)
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