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Old 03-05-2010, 04:20 AM   #99
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Originally Posted by drl View Post
I thought I saw somewhere prior to my buying the DR800 that it was made of aluminium. Was a bit dissapointed to see that it is plastic. However, I must say that I find it quite sturdy--much, much better than the Cybook and not very easy to deform. All in all, I am very happy with the DR800 and the build quality.
It is sturdy and it's heavy.
What I don't like (but that's not iRex specific but applies for the majority of consumer products): Plastic or not, it's possible to manufacture this very accurately as well. But this would need resources like automotive manufacturers for example may have it. Given the batch size I've assumed in #97 of this thread, this kind of quality level and accuracy obviously simply isn't possible/affordable for such small figures/revenue/production lots.

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