I'm no economist, but I'm sure it's about the scale of manufacturing.
Regular PCs are produced in much more massive quantities, so I'm sure
that accounts for a large part of the cost difference.
Lee
On 5/18/2010 2:56 PM, Bryan Duarte wrote:
I have had a Braille display taken apart by an engineer
and they said the concept is there, it is a pretty simple design but our
refreshable Braille displays are so expensive. now the part that confuses me
is Braille does not show in color, we cannot watch High Definition on it, it
does not show high quality pictures, and have to light up, yet it is twice
as much as a lap top for just a refreshable display. how in the world is it
that 32 cells of 6 dots popping up and down is twice as much as a complete
device containing 500 Gigs of memory, 6 Gigs of Ram, CD driver, speakers,
and a LCD screen with High Definition capabilities? that is crazy if you ask
me. someone has to step up to make this market more competitive or our
devices will continue to grow with the cost of living and continue to lag
way behind in performance.
Bryan Duarte Blind Ambitions
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