Ben Sandee Wrote:
> What, like $1? Seriously, that remote control does impact the price of
> a SB
> very much at all. Ben
Using "real" cost analogy... for any of digital circuit components that
makes up the SB3... not many of the components add up to impact the
price of the SB that much either. Regardless of the components cost, I
think the issue being discussed is about the possibility of a "future"
remote. A remote that can enhance the usabiltiy of the SB by providing
a more natural way of navigating a large music library while allowing
you to control the rest of your AV system.
I was responding specifically to your point that people are somehow throwing money down the toilet by being forced to buy a sub-par remote. The truth is that if SD added a higher end remote, people *would* need to pay for it (even if it were optional). However, the current remote is so cheap that you wouldn't see any appreciable price drop if it were dropped off the bundle.
I'm not arguing that there isn't a market for a more advanced remote but I think that if SD were to offer it, it would make the most sense to offer this as a sensibly-priced add-on product rather than creating different SB3 bundles with different remotes. That way all of their existing customers can take advantage of it as well and not feel like they wasted their money "buying" a $1 remote that they no longer need.
Ben
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