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10,000 screens, 200 bucks each (this is what I have heard for the cost of the 10 inch from them) 100,000 screens, 100 bucks each 1,000,000 screens, 50 bucks each so if the tech takes off in netbooks, the only part of the computer industry on the rise, it will be a good thing in lowering cost for the screen, and the goods behind the screen are nothing special |
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the tech is great - I can see this quickly becoming a must have feature with ebooks taking off , its gonna be a screen with this tech or an OLED screen (well i dont know if there is an OLED equivalent possible).
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There are still significant issues with OLED screens. There are severe doubts concerning their longevity - for blue light particularly, apparently. It would not be good to have a screen which is unreadable after a year's usage. This is a problem that unfortunately only time will reveal the extent of.
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HarryT I saw in article that at the moment OLED's only have a life of around 30K hours, which is what (if I remember rightly) plasmas had when they first came out. Not to bad in my opinion. I think that works out that you could use the screen for 12 hours a day for nearly 7 years.
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Do I think eReaders will go away immediately, no but I think if Pixel Qi comes through with its pricing quotes of being in the range of netbooks today you won't be seeing a lot of news about eink readers next year as their recent 15 minutes of fame will be over. ![]() |
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Maybe. But, it's not my hoped for future
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I mean there will be times I just want to read and no reason not to have a secondary device for that single purpose. So, I see in general a bit of pressure actually being taken off the backs of the eink based industry by the adoption of the Pixel Qi displays. Think is there growth curves will likely show a decline in the short term, until they can determine, yet again, where the sweet spot in the marketplace exists. For me I suspect the 5" reader will be my secondary device, yet still the ~9"-10" format has it's perks too given the close approximation of the trade paperback size. And again, I am talking about the actual display not the device dimensions on the case of the large format reading device. |
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For smaller devices, Pixel Qi can presumably make 5" and 7" screens too. Here a dedicated reading device might be a bit cheaper, but I can see multi-function tablets too. However, UMPC's have completely failed to catch on so far. This might just be a price issue though. If they were $250, perhaps many more people would buy one. PVI must currently be making good margins on the EInk screens, and it will be interesting to see how low the screen price can go if there are viable alternatives. |
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