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Originally Posted by Andy_T
As I see that they are offering a "standard size" for e-ink Pearl displays of 9.7" with a resolution of 2400 x 1650 pixels, all I can say is "WOW! - where can I buy one?" ... http://www.eink.com/display_products_pearl.html
Best regards,
Andy |
Would you buy it for US$799?
Think there are 10,000 people willing to pay that price?
Plastic Logic couldn't find them.
http://technologizer.com/2010/08/11/que-proreader/
Most eink readers are effectively paperback-class reading devices and the primary content they are used for is recreational reading. Several even have the exact dimensions of a paperback, too. (Sony T1&T2, for example).
Making a bigger reader means a bigger body and more flex which requires more reinforcement which means more weight. The square-cube law comes into play unless you go to stronger/lighter materials (= more expensive).
Plastic Logic has the right idea; plastic substrates and flexible displays are the way to go. But that is still bleeding edge technology and way too expensive because it is low volume. Chicken and egg; low demand because of the high price means a low-volume niche and low-volume niches force high-prices.
The way out of the conundrum is for somebody to keep spending money on plastic substrate displays for higher volume (read: smaller) applications and maybe someday the tech will be cheap enough to sell a tablet-sized high-res reader at a reasonable price. But that won't be soon.