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Originally Posted by Mr. Goodbar
I've wondered that myself. It may be related to the manufacturers trying to mimic the paperback market from a screen real estate perspective while keeping costs down. I've always felt the 8" screen is the perfect size if packaged in a minimal case like irex has done with the 800.
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Originally, back in the iLiad days, iRex were the only ones that had an 8" display controller capable of driving an 8" screen. This was back when even the other manufacturers (PRS-500, Kindle 1, etc) were using iRex 6" controllers. iRex essentially had deals in place with PVI that made the manufacturer of an 8" screen exclusive to the iLiad.
These days, I believe Epson technically also has an 8" controller, but I don't think anybody has ever used it. Not sure why. I don't know if iRex still has any deals in place with PVI making 8" eInk screens exclusive.