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ZapStation Price Cut, Linux-Only Version
Richard Robison of ZapMedia
wrote in to say that their ZapStation stereo MP3 Box has had a serious price
cut to $599. If you put in the comments field 'JUST LINUX' they will ship you
the box with just Linux installed (and code to control the IR input and screen).
In other words, a $600 stereo component
PC ready to connect to your TV and speakers for whatever video or audio projects
you feel like rolling up yourself. I
reviewed this unit last December
and found a lot of problems, but many of those glitches have apparently been
fixed, and the price was the biggest problem, so this thing may deserve a
serious second look this time around.
comment from original /. post:
Prediction (Score:5, Insightful)
by onion2k (onion@uberworld.spamspamspam.org) on 11:06 Friday 07 December 2001 (#2670973) Alter Relationship
(User #203094 Info | http://slashdot.org/) Its $1500 dollars now. In 3 months they'll drop that to around $799. And the Slashdot headline will read 'ZapStation now affordable'. This sort of market just begs for this kind of ploy. Sell way high to start with and recoup development costs from the early adopters with pots of cash (plus its Christmas), and then drop down to a sensible (?!) price.
The fact the media gives loads of free advertising to it when the initial production run is finished and the machine is market tested is the icing on the cake.
Examples where this has happened before? The Sony Clie, PSX, Dreamcast, PS2, lots of hifis.. if its desirable home entertainment, then this is the obvious sales plan.
Moral of the story? Wait and save.
Onion2k, the next world prophet!