[spiderplant]

Originally Posted by popper

as a start that http://www.pegasosppc.com/gallery.php?id=128 PPC SOC+ is being sold for $99 and being made in batches of 1000 i think it is, the more you make the cheaper it becomes.

TBH, I can't see many ntl customers going for a dead PC board sat on top of their TV. Try throwing in two tuners, QAM demod, descrambler, smartcard reader, video decoder, PAL encoder, SCART switch, UHF modulator, case, power supply, front panel, remote control, cable modem and a few licence fees - then see how far $99 gets you.

Originally Posted by Stuart C

Now, even taking into account both the exchange rate, and a possible further reduction in cost, I hope you can see it's still going to cost NTL between £50 and £100 million to change all the boxes.

Add a zero and you'd be close.