<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Jay Ashworth <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jra@baylink.com">jra@baylink.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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> From: "Gary Buhrmaster" <<a href="mailto:gary.buhrmaster@gmail.com">gary.buhrmaster@gmail.com</a>><br>
<br>
> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 16:27, Ronald Frazier <<a href="mailto:ron@ronfrazier.net">ron@ronfrazier.net</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
> .....<br>
> > I wonder what the price on the 6 tuner model will be.<br>
><br>
> <conjecture><br>
><br>
> Well, I would expect the "consumer" version to be just<br>
> slightly less than double the 3 tuner model until the<br>
> demand is reduced (anything else means SD is leaving<br>
> money on the table). So, street price of ~$400 seems<br>
> like a good guess.<br>
><br>
> Note that SD also was going to offer a rack mounted<br>
> 6-tuner version for home theatres. My guess is that<br>
> that one will be more like $1000 list to pay the 100%<br>
> markup for "home theatre qualified" models.<br>
<br>
</div>My understanding is that the Rackmount will be the *only* 6 tuner<br>
model, and the markup won't be "because it's home theater", it will be<br>
"because we manufacture only 5% as many of them".<br>
<br>
People don't understand how steep the S-curve is on quantity<br>
manufacturing pricing...<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
-- jra<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><div>Correct, the 17" rackmountable version is the only 6-tuner model. 17" is a standard HT component width. It will require optional adapters to actually mount in a rack.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I am not sure that they would be able to sell one 6-tuner at $1000. You can easily secure two 3-tuner models to a rackmount shelf for much less. My guess would be the $400-$600 range.</div><div><br>
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<div>-Tom</div>