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Originally Posted by theducks
What is a Grade A screen compared to the PEz?
I know the rest, but other may not.
You can only have an On Screen Keyboard if you have Touch, I don't want touch (The new kittens already cause unwanted page operations on my PEz).
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Dear Duckie:
ALL the screens at present on Astak devices are Grade "A". Screen manufacturers grade their screens based on how close to their perfect screen it is. Some manufacturers in China and Taiwan do sell eBook Readers with e-ink for incredible prices (maybe $117 cost to Astak) if we wanted them. They use Grade "B" which is kind of like what a blemished (Blem) is on tires. The screen manufacturer felt it did not have quite the clarity of resolution of their best screens.
I put it on there as an option. Me, I am proud we use only the best screens. But, there are significant savings by using a Grade "B" and it works but just is not great. I wanted to see if, in the drive to offer lower cost devices, how many might support "slightly less than perfect" screens if the price was reduced by $40-$50. Astak devices are up against these lower priced units all the time and I get asked often WHY we cannot offer as low a price as some others in the market. The general public has a tendency to think of screens as "works or does not work". Reality is there are indeed grades of screens.