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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
Add to that supply chain constraints. When Amazon and Sony were in the early stages of selling their respective readers, there was one outfit actually making the screens: PVI. There were questions about supply constraints, and whether PVI could produce enough screens to meet everyone's orders. eInk subsequently got licensed to other manufacturers, so scarcity and attendant higher prices were no longer an issue.
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It is because PVI got other companies to make Vizplex screens that we ended up with Vizplex that faded in direct sunlight. If PVI farms out Pearl, they need to make sure the farmers actually know how to make proper screens.