> Seems pretty obvious that it's expensive compared to the alternatives.
That statement is not obvious to me.
You are comparing electrophoretic panels to LCD panels. Both are display technologies. But that's where the similarities end. The volumes are many orders of magnitude different. LCDs would be billions of displays per month. Electrophoretics would be at best 20 million displays a YEAR!
> Which in this case are regular LCD panels. Yes I know, the use cases are slightly different, power consumption is much lower, etc. etc. Doesn't matter - most people want to use an e-ink display to... display stuff on a screen, which they can get in the LCD variety for a fraction of the price.
Yes, you can get coca cola for a fraction of the price of a Chablis wine. But you realize why one costs more than the other right?
I think most people here just aren't taking time to understand the display industry.
That statement is not obvious to me.
You are comparing electrophoretic panels to LCD panels. Both are display technologies. But that's where the similarities end. The volumes are many orders of magnitude different. LCDs would be billions of displays per month. Electrophoretics would be at best 20 million displays a YEAR!
> Which in this case are regular LCD panels. Yes I know, the use cases are slightly different, power consumption is much lower, etc. etc. Doesn't matter - most people want to use an e-ink display to... display stuff on a screen, which they can get in the LCD variety for a fraction of the price.
Yes, you can get coca cola for a fraction of the price of a Chablis wine. But you realize why one costs more than the other right?
I think most people here just aren't taking time to understand the display industry.