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Surprised? The price of monitors now is like giving them away compared to 20 years ago.

Release time: 2023-02-24 09:40

[Summary Description] As a post-90s generation individual, I first encountered computers in the third or fourth grade of elementary school. Back then, computers were truly luxury items, and the bulky CRT monitors looked somewhat cute. Windows 98 was the latest operating system, and what I remember most vividly is having to queue to enter the computer room and even having to buy shoe covers. With just two computers, one could open a small internet café. The boys in my class would go home after school to play for an hour or two, and they had to wait in line.

As a post-90s individual, I first encountered computers in the third or fourth grade of elementary school. At that time, computers were truly luxury items, with the big CRT monitors looking somewhat cute. Windows 98 was the latest system, and what I remember most vividly is having to queue to enter the computer room and buy shoe covers. Even having two computers could open a small internet café, and the boys in my class would go home after school to play for an hour or two, often having to wait in line.

The low prices of monitors and the behind-the-scenes analysis.

Now, computers are merely a "tool" in our daily lives and work, just like televisions and refrigerators, becoming one of the essential appliances in every household. The drop in computer prices and their widespread adoption is partly due to technological advancements and the maturity of production lines; on the other hand, it is also because of the improvement in people's material living standards.

Monitors, as an important part of computer equipment, have undergone tremendous changes over the past twenty years. The core technology has shifted from CRT to LCD; the screen ratio has changed from 4:3 to 16:9, and even 21:9; the resolution has upgraded from 720P to 4K/8K; the size has expanded from a few inches to now dozens of inches; most importantly, the price has transformed from a luxury item that consumers could only dream of to a "bargain price."

Around 2000-2005, when LCD monitors were just emerging, the prices of mainstream consumer products were generally between 2000-5000 yuan. Now, with that amount, we can buy a high-end monitor over 27 inches, 2K/4K, or even a highly professional gaming monitor. The concept of several thousand yuan back then compared to now is something I believe doesn't need much explanation!

Now, if we open any e-commerce website or visit a physical store, a regular mainstream brand's ordinary large-screen monitor of over thirty inches can even be priced as low as around a thousand yuan. It can be said that monitors priced around a thousand yuan occupy the vast majority of the current market share. What has the Chinese monitor market experienced in these 20 years, from "luxury" to "bargain"?

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