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Why do you think that the high refresh rate is the main reason for the high price, instead of resolution or screen size?
by ipsum2 1y ago
Why do you think that the high refresh rate is the main reason for the high price, instead of resolution or screen size?
- qwerty456127 1y agoThis seems a reasonable assumption to me but I don't mean to insist I'm right. Slow monochrome eInk panels have been around for 2 decades. Mostly built into pocket book readers, phones (like Motorola F3) and niche devices like supermarket price tags rather than computer monitors attachable with common connectors. Okay, perhaps it's not the speed which makes them expensive, yet manufacturers and researchers mostly brag about making them faster (and more colorful) rather than making them more cheap (what I would prefer them to).
- ipsum2 1y agoThere's still the confounding variable of size and resolution (eg supermarket price tags).
- m463 1y agoor patents. it seems like the company with e-ink patents might be like luxottica controlling the eyeglass market. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26143407 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26143407