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HamsterRage · 08-26-2010, 06:59 AM

The main component cost is the eInk screen. As sales volumes go up, and as the manufacturing technology improves, the price of this will plummet. 10 years ago, a 17" LCD monitor cost $2500. They'd be about $25 today, if you could still buy them. The same thing will happen with the eInk screens. That will get the ereaders under $100.

08-26-2010, 06:59 AM	#6
HamsterRage Evangelist Posts: 435 Karma: 24326 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kobo	The main component cost is the eInk screen. As sales volumes go up, and as the manufacturing technology improves, the price of this will plummet. 10 years ago, a 17" LCD monitor cost $2500. They'd be about $25 today, if you could still buy them. The same thing will happen with the eInk screens. That will get the ereaders under $100.