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Rjs37 · 03-04-2011, 01:14

I don't see the justification to charge a higher/lower price for the size of hard drive. Hard drives are incredibly cheap nowadays and that's at retail costs. So I don't see the justification in releasing a lesser sized version and pricing it much lower, the cost of the box would be very very similar so why charge much less/more (depending on which way you look at it).

My initial assumption would have been that the lower model would have no hard drive or that it would have reduced functionality but the majority (from what I've read about it) seem to have the impression it'll just be a reduced hard drive size.

Yet I'd wager that wouldn't equate to more than £30 (probably less when you consider economies of scale) in cost differences yet the difference in their price will obviously be more than that. No point in having two tiers of the box that are almost the same price after all.

In truth I was expecting that they'd fore-go the £40 install fee for pre-regs and at that price I'd have gone for it. I felt £150 was on the steep side (especially considering there's a monthly fee too - though replacing my second V+ box I may end up making a saving) but I was just about willing to pay that. Now I'm not so sure.

They can justify the monthly fee for their ongoing services but I don't see any justification for what will obviously be a significant price difference when this second lower tier box arrives. Especially if it's just a smaller hard drive.

03-04-2011, 01:14	#5986
Rjs37 Inactive Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 36	Re: TiVo I don't see the justification to charge a higher/lower price for the size of hard drive. Hard drives are incredibly cheap nowadays and that's at retail costs. So I don't see the justification in releasing a lesser sized version and pricing it much lower, the cost of the box would be very very similar so why charge much less/more (depending on which way you look at it). My initial assumption would have been that the lower model would have no hard drive or that it would have reduced functionality but the majority (from what I've read about it) seem to have the impression it'll just be a reduced hard drive size. Yet I'd wager that wouldn't equate to more than £30 (probably less when you consider economies of scale) in cost differences yet the difference in their price will obviously be more than that. No point in having two tiers of the box that are almost the same price after all. In truth I was expecting that they'd fore-go the £40 install fee for pre-regs and at that price I'd have gone for it. I felt £150 was on the steep side (especially considering there's a monthly fee too - though replacing my second V+ box I may end up making a saving) but I was just about willing to pay that. Now I'm not so sure. They can justify the monthly fee for their ongoing services but I don't see any justification for what will obviously be a significant price difference when this second lower tier box arrives. Especially if it's just a smaller hard drive.