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Originally Posted by axel77
They don't build the eInk screen they buy it. I imagine they had to switch, because at some point they are only delivered vizplex screens from the eInk manufacturer, because they globally changed the production process.
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Remember though that iRex is not buying standard PVI eInk screens. The eInk display being manufactured by PVI for the iLiad is a custom screen that was designed by iRex, so it wouldn't fall under a global change to the production process. It's already a one-off product.
I guess it's possible that PVI went back to iRex and said that all the eInk layers they manufacture are going to be based on vizplex in the future, including the custom ones that iRex was buying from them, because it's cheaper to manufacture a single design at that point in the process. Then again, PVI isn't making an 8.1 inch eInk screen for anyone else, so I don't know how much the manufacturing of other device screens impacts on what they manufacture for the iLiad.
I think at this point though, all anyone is doing is speculating. Without hearing it directly from iRex or PVI, we'll probably never know. I do agree with you that it's amusing how some people are trying to make a really big deal out of this, when whether or not they are including vizplex makes very little difference. If they started including it, and nobody noticed, then why do people care?