Comment Re:When will LCD's finally be "affordable" ? (Score 1) 389
The reason you are even seeing large LCD screens now is because they are getting cheaper, and that's because they are improving the manufacturing process.
For example, they build the panels on larger sheets (bigger than 1m now if i'm not mistaken,) which helps reduce the costs. The larger capacity helps make bigger screens and it also helps make smaller at lower costs. But that's not all, new generation manufacturing processes use less steps (last I heard was the development of a four-mask process instead of a five-mask), and other more complex improvements are developed all the time, like in all microelectronics-related fiels, pushing the prices down.
For example, they build the panels on larger sheets (bigger than 1m now if i'm not mistaken,) which helps reduce the costs. The larger capacity helps make bigger screens and it also helps make smaller at lower costs. But that's not all, new generation manufacturing processes use less steps (last I heard was the development of a four-mask process instead of a five-mask), and other more complex improvements are developed all the time, like in all microelectronics-related fiels, pushing the prices down.
