1. you think a BD drive that requires more stable mechanism, better error correction, newer tech laser head should cost the same as DVD drive? 2. you think a BD player which licensing cost more than DVD (about triple of DVD licensing, actually) will make the player only $25 more than a DVD player? The licensing alone is about $20 more than DVD!!!! 3. you think because the manufacturing cost of a chip is the same the R&D doesn't need to be recuperated? what kind of business model are you thinking? This is akin to saying photographer "A" uses the same set of equipment as photographer "B" therefore they both have to charge the same. Wrong! If B is far better than A, then B can charge much higher than A.
In the end... it's called business, not charity.
Do I like it? of course not! But as a photographer myself, I also don't want to be "forced" to charge $500 for a wedding just because the next photographer with the same equipment is willing to charge that low of a price. Hence my understanding of the business model.
Heck, they use the same bandwidh whether we subscribe to basic channel or premium channel, why then we should pay extra?
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David Susilo @ Jun 25th 2009 11:36PM
1. you think a BD drive that requires more stable mechanism, better error correction, newer tech laser head should cost the same as DVD drive?
2. you think a BD player which licensing cost more than DVD (about triple of DVD licensing, actually) will make the player only $25 more than a DVD player? The licensing alone is about $20 more than DVD!!!!
3. you think because the manufacturing cost of a chip is the same the R&D doesn't need to be recuperated? what kind of business model are you thinking? This is akin to saying photographer "A" uses the same set of equipment as photographer "B" therefore they both have to charge the same. Wrong! If B is far better than A, then B can charge much higher than A.
In the end... it's called business, not charity.
Do I like it? of course not! But as a photographer myself, I also don't want to be "forced" to charge $500 for a wedding just because the next photographer with the same equipment is willing to charge that low of a price. Hence my understanding of the business model.
Heck, they use the same bandwidh whether we subscribe to basic channel or premium channel, why then we should pay extra?