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Thursday, January 16, 2014

I Don't Want to Pick on eMagin's Erstwhile Competitors Too Much, Oh Hell, Yes I do.


Of course I'm biased, but as Dorothy Parker said about California, "There is no there there." No revenue, no products because as Schneider said " They did not want to have to deal with customer complaints and phone banks", thought that was a very strange thing to say." Their business has become selling Reference Systems, a lot of PR centered around, what else?, a "Kopin Wearable Tech Center in Cali" and the hope they can attach themselves to a Mega-Trend like, you got it, WEARABLE TECH. The same old song and dance as to why they're pretty much out of the military's Field of View. Why?  Because Soldiers want Clip-On TWS, a complete non-sequitar, last CC he said Future Weapons Sight wouldn't work out because the scope required too many wires? WTF? Schneider did mention the A/R display they hope to integrate into the M25 and USMC Precision Sniper Rifle but his demeanor as to the prospect was, meh, "let's give it one more shot." Quick to cash in on another trend the new A/R display is meant for scopes that display all the info a shooter might want, wind, barometric, distance, lock-on reticle, sound familiar?  No wonder as Sculley said, "Kopin is mad at us."
And now that LCD and Kopin has been largely driven off the field Sculley next goal seems to be to make Himax "mad at us."

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