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Originally Posted by HarryT
What, as a matter of interest, is the cost of the netbooks into which one can put this $275 screen?
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My Acer Aspire One cost me about $270 in late 2008, though the retail was closer to $500 at the time. Now that model retails around $280 and if you're a bargain hunter, you can probably do better.
Not only is $275 the DIY cost, it comes with the sucker fee... err, the early adopter premium. There's no way I bite at that cost (of course I never pay retail for anything), however, if PQ ever gets into a high volume product, even the DIY cost should come down. They aren't going to do special runs for us, just tack on a few extra thousand screens to an order. The bigger the commercial orders, the better we all fare.
A swivel netbook with some bezel buttons or trackpad (for page turning) would be better though. Either way, I love that they kept their promise to DIYers, because one wonders if there will ever be a commercial PQ product for us.
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I guess it's worth it if you have a particular need for a daylight-readable screen, but it seems awfully expensive otherwise.
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Keep in mind there are also battery savings to be had in non epaper mode. It can recycle some light indoors as well, though I don't know how easy it would be to get the backlight between the typical minimum and fully off on a netbook that wasn't predesigned with those kinds of settings. Flat out turning off the backlight is a common enough setting, but finer control not so much.
I get about 5 hours off my 6 cell battery (was 5.5 when the battery was new) with the screen at the firmware minimum backlight. If I could get another hour or so, that would be a big deal to me. If I used a 3 cell, it would be an even bigger deal.