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Originally Posted by Sonist
This may be a silly question, but if Robert can enlighten me on why is nobody doing 8" screens?
iRex has the iLiad, but has effectively abandoned it, for 9.7" (at which size they'll likely get clobbered by the much cheaper offerings coming to market this year.)
But no other manufacturers seem interested in this size, which I think is most book-like of them all (and I might be the only one.)
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Dear Sonist:
I did put am article up on this thread two weeks ago that said that there is some talk going around about an 8 inch device. The problem is that only Phillips makes an 8 inch screen and PVI (the world's largest panel manufacturer) does not.
This means that pricing on an 8 inch panel is higher than it is for the 10 inch. Everything is economy-of-scale. The more people buy a certain size, the lower they can charge for it. IF PVI came out with a 17.63 inch screen and enough device manufacturers placed orders... that 17.63 inch would be cheaper than a 10 inch. By the way... there is NO talk of a 17.63 screen.
So, iRex tried the 8 inch concept to reduce the cost but found it to be even more expensive, I surmize.
The project appears to be dropped for now.
Both Jinke and Netronix are far along with the 9.7 inch anyway and PVI will be cranking out 9.7 Flexi at the end of March perhaps. So, with the advent of the 9.7 inch screen anyway...there is even less interest in the 8 inch (which initially was thought as a stop-gap measure as the 9.7 inch in glass cracked often).
Does this help to clarify?
Robert B