Sony's new screen

[SB_Pete]

well, I am just hypothesizing here, but I called last week to get a quote on the repair of my NR70V's screen and was told $150. I called back this week to actually have it done and was told the price for this repair has gone down to $100.

I am not sure this really means anything at all but it could mean that Sony is adjusting the price of screen repairs to reflect a new addition to the line of screens they repair, such as the 18bit 320x480 screen recently released (see Brighthand).

If this is the case, I think it likely that the forthcoming NX replacement will use this 18bit screen - :D

[hherbzilla]

Hmmm... I don't see how the intro of a new screen would have any impact on the cost of their inventory for repairing existing PDAs.

[Eddy]

Just depreciation most probably

[JackAxe]

SONY announced a 18 bit 320x480 screen end of last year which would go into production this year.

<]=)

[OcellNuri]

Yea.. that's what I'm talking about JackAxe. It is supposedly 2/3's the thickness of the current screen (I think I remember that right) and uses less battery power. Seems like a perfect candidate for a Hires+ T-series.

[SB_Pete]

sorry, 18bits then. I can't see depreciation affecting a repair item eddy, seems to me they would do it to b/c their top o the line screen costs $150 to repair and they now have a new top o the line screen - i mean, being real here they make these things for less than $10 a pop I imagine and I know it doesnt take a tech more than 15 minutes to do the job and send it on back.

Maybe there is another reason, but I am guessing something they are releasing this quarter will have that new screen. Maybe a long awaited T series replacement, maybe an NX replacement, maybe both, who knows.

then again, I could just be overly excited

[OcellNuri]

Perhaps they have quit production of the old screens and are trying to move them out. I don't understand why they would want to do this.. as having the old screens would let them repair more units...

[mjhamilton]

.. maybe you just spoke to someone else at Sony repairs who just quotes a figure that popped into their head...........

........ the NX has dropped in price by over £100 in the UK over that last 2 months... as the componants become more available this happens... this also is true of spares..... ..