LCD panel overstocks make for lower PC prices

Falling demand worldwide for LCD flat panels has recently caused prices to dramatically drop, and consumers should see the effects of this very soon in stores, with PC and flat panel prices dropping to the lowest levels in many years.

AU Optronics, one of the largest LCD panel manufacturers in the world, blamed falling LCD panel prices for its profit shortfall in the second quarter. It expects prices to continue to fall during the third quarter also. Prices could rebound sometime in September, said Hui Hsiung, an executive vice president at AU, during its second quarter investors' conference last week.

Falling prices for LCD panel makers will lead to great bargains for consumers looking for nice, sleek LCD monitors for their desktops.

Right now is a buyer's market for LCD monitors and desktop PCs, and should remain so for the next few months anyways.