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Originally Posted by deltop
I'm sure their R&D costs will have been substantial, even if it's based on an existing tech. You always see a price premium in cases like this, at least until those costs have been recouped.
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True. But a company that is in the process of manufacturing "millions" of screens must expect to sell "millions" of screens. If sales projections are even only in the 3-4 million per year range (which wouldn't be excessive in a market that ships 40+ million units a year), a measley $100 premium would/could recoup upwards of a quarter billion dollars per year. That's a lot of R&D. And a $100 premium I could understand and live with. Any more would be a rip-off, IMO.