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Originally Posted by artifact
I think PixelQI could be a valid option considering their new screen 'better than iPad' hype back in April but the problem there is production. IIRC Notion Ink was almost always backordered on their PixelQi screens and they have far, far less volume than Nook would.
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To date that has been the problem with all the alternatives to LCD display tech.
LCD is such a mature and prevalent technology with such a huge manufacturing *overcapacity* that many vendors make little if any money off the facilities and have to sell the product dirt cheap just to generate income. So they keep updating the tech to try to justify higher prices but since eveybody updates it the same ways they end up right back where they started. They have to run as fast as they can to stay where they are.
In the process they are "running" faster than any alternative tech can so the alternatives get left in te dust before they can get into the race.
Most alternatives keep running into the same problem: they can't make money at the prices they can sell the panels and they can't sell the panels at a price they *can* make money at.