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Although I'm sure that outsourcing made some difference, are we sure most of the benefits didn't just rise to the investor class? TVs dropped in price due to t
by nebula8804 3y ago
Although I'm sure that outsourcing made some difference, are we sure most of the benefits didn't just rise to the investor class?
TVs dropped in price due to the benefits of adopting moores law. Look into a modern TV and you see a symphony of integration and cost reduction thanks to moores law. I'd imagine the same applies to anything else that jumped on the moores law bandwagon. We need to measure appliances that benefited from this vs appliances that didn't.
- callalex 3y agoThe size of transistors has very little to do with TV prices. They are cheaper now because they are built with outsourced exploited labor and because they are full to the brim with ads and stalkerware.
- nebula8804 3y agoIt absolutely does make a difference. As I mentioned in my original comment, it enables consolidation of components and functions. Take apart an old CRT and a modern LCD screen and in the new TV you will see a single IC doing the job of multiple separate boards in the old TV. This is where a lot of the cost has come out of. All thanks to the capabilities of modern ICs...powered by Moores law.