Japanese want 19 or 20 inches, and will pay around 35,000 yen for it
japan.internet.com recently published the results of a survey conducted by JR Tokai Express Research into the topic of home computer monitors. On the 4th of February they interviewed 330 people employed in the public and private sectors. 76.7% of the sample was male, 17.9% in their twenties, 39.7% in their thirties, 31.5% in their forties, 10.3% in their fifties, and 0.6% in their sixties.
It’s interesting that Japanese prefered the more modestly-sized monitors. I wonder if this reflects the lack of free space in the average Japanese home? I know for my part I couldn’t really fit in anything more than the 17 inch I currently use at home. Not having been shopping for monitors recently, however, I cannot guess as to what the price of a new LCD monitor might be!
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