[patmcc]

Does anyone know what the long-term price of these is likely to trend towards? Like, is there some fundamental reason (materials, proess) that they'll always be 10x the cost of an LCD screen, or can we expect them to eventually get to similar prices?

[Qwertious]

The big e-ink screens are handmade, because there's basically no demand for $3k 1Hz screens so they haven't invested in automating the process.

In theory, the big screens could be roughly comparable to LCD screen prices, like the 6" e-ink screens already are.

They key cause of cost in e-ink is lack of demand, and more specifically lack of demand compared to LCDs. LCDs are produced at a rate of billions per quarter, they're so stupidly cheap it's almost unfair to compare them with e-ink. Point is, LCDs will always be cheaper unless demand changes.