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by soared 1810 days ago
Mmmmm in comparison to normal displays they are really expensive, that’s pretty much all anyone is getting at. I can get a regular sized 1080p display for like $50, and the same size would be 10x for e-ink. The price is more for good reasons like you’ve explained, but still just high in comparison.
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> The price is more for good reasons like you’ve explained, but still just high in comparison.

Yes, if you compare liquid crystal with volumes in millions of units per week with electrophoretic displays with volumes of at best a million units a month, then yes, it will be high. Even the difference in bulk materials cost alone will be 10x higher, not to mention the manufactured items like TFT backplane costs.