I love flat screen monitors and flat screen televisions.  What a wonderful breakthrough in technology.  I was so tired of my bulky CRT junk, and having to devote an entire desk to just a monitor and keyboard.  Not only do flat screens take up a fraction of the space, but the picture quality on these things is just amazing.  The best thing about flat screens is that they’re now finally becoming mainstream enough to where they’re cheap!

Cheap flat screens are everywhere I look now.  It’s got to be the easiest thing in the world to get some cheap flat screens.  In fact, I walked out side the other day and I tripped over a pile of cheap flat screen monitors.  Later that same day, a cheap flat screen monitor fell out of the sky and hit me over the head.  After spending a couple weeks in the hospital recovering, I joyfully went home to plug in and try out my new monitor.  It works great!  Every bit as good as the more expensive brands.

Well, okay, so maybe its not THAT easy to get a cheap flat screen monitor, but they certainly have come down in price a ton since their first releases.  I’m so glad I didn’t run out and drop over a grand for one a few years ago, because you can get the same thing now for less than three hundred dollars.  Not only are they cheaper, but flat screens are more reliable than ever.  The first models that came out had all kinds of bugs, but they’re doing much better today.  You can generally count on a pretty good product even when you buy a cheap generic brand.

I may not have had a cheap flat screen monitor fall on my head, but I picked one up at a bargain price the last time I went into Costco to do some food shopping.  That’s the great thing about Costco, they’ve got just about everything you’d ever want.  While they don’t ever have a good selection for anything, they have a little of everything and at great prices. 

One place I like even better than Costco for finding a cheap flat screen is Fry’s Electronics.  If I had a Fry’s near me I’d be in there at least once a week.  Unfortunately, I have to drive a ways to get to one, but to get an especially cheap flat screen I think its almost worth it.