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Re: May the mouths waterManufacturers do watch forums like this for early reactions to the product. Certainly A&H have a target set for a new product long before a teaser preannouncement, but often one of the last things announced is price, as they gather as much information as they can before making their bid to the world.A&H is suffering from a mediocre reaction to the ILive line due to negative brand name association from previous products, and stiff competition from Digico and others. It will be interesting to see how serious they are about going after the lower mid market. If Caleb is right and this thing is $13K, IMO they are missing the boat (and will miss my money). It's too close in price to other products - even A&H's ILive to be a serious offering considering the apparent limitation of 32 channels. If this thing streets at $7K - $8K, they will sell gobs of them, and probably one of them to me.
Re: May the mouths water
Manufacturers do watch forums like this for early reactions to the product. Certainly A&H have a target set for a new product long before a teaser preannouncement, but often one of the last things announced is price, as they gather as much information as they can before making their bid to the world.
A&H is suffering from a mediocre reaction to the ILive line due to negative brand name association from previous products, and stiff competition from Digico and others. It will be interesting to see how serious they are about going after the lower mid market. If Caleb is right and this thing is $13K, IMO they are missing the boat (and will miss my money). It's too close in price to other products - even A&H's ILive to be a serious offering considering the apparent limitation of 32 channels. If this thing streets at $7K - $8K, they will sell gobs of them, and probably one of them to me.
