In some ways, the hardware IS a bargain. I am willing to shell out
$2k for a new TV. I have not yet done so, as I am unwilling to shell
out $1.2 per year for programming, most of which I don't want, just
to get the small amount that I do want.
Let's see. If the time to obsolescence or failure of $2k worth of
hardware is 10 years, then in that 10 years I will have been bilked
of $12k for the programming.
On Apr 16, 2007, at 9:42 PM, mike wrote:
So it will come down to
how much one wants to spend, or perhaps also how much users are already into
Apple's itunes for getting tv shows, movies and music.
On the question of how much one wants to spend, from all that I
have been reading lately in the Washington Post about HD
televisions, $1,000 to $2,000 for a large screen is seen as a
"bargain," at least by those who are writing these technology
reviews for that newspaper.
It would therefore seem as though for a full entertainment system,
including the audio side of things, the computer, etc., something
around $3,000 to $5,000 in expenditures should fill the bill very
nicely. What a deal!
Steve
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