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<blockquote data-quote="Scott Bolt" data-source="post: 108473" data-attributes="member: 3950">Re: X32 DiscussionHi John,From here:&nbsp; <a href="http://mp3licensing.com/royalty/" target="_blank">mp3licensing.com - Royalty Rates</a>It seems like the $1.25 for mp3Pro and $0.75 for normal MP3 would be a very small price to pay for such a valuable feature.&nbsp; I am sure that the apple AAC file format is much more difficult to swallow, and is much less important to support.I work in automotive, so I can relate to high volume cost issues.&nbsp; I am guessing that you have sold around 50,000 X32 family members at this time, so the support of MP3 decode alone would be $100,000.00.It is unlikely that you would change the price of the X32 by $2.00, so the company would simply have to absorb this cost.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know about Music Group, but in my department, this amount would be &quot;annoying&quot;, but not devastating when it hit the bottom line.Of course, even if you choose to raise the price somewhat to cover this, you would still take the hit on the units in the field since they are already sold (assuming MP3 support would be a firmware/fpga change).It would be &quot;cool&quot;, but honestly, I would rather use my phone/iPod to playback music for breaks since it is easier to manage on an external device.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scott Bolt, post: 108473, member: 3950"] Re: X32 Discussion Hi John, From here: [url=http://mp3licensing.com/royalty/]mp3licensing.com - Royalty Rates[/url] It seems like the $1.25 for mp3Pro and $0.75 for normal MP3 would be a very small price to pay for such a valuable feature. I am sure that the apple AAC file format is much more difficult to swallow, and is much less important to support. I work in automotive, so I can relate to high volume cost issues. I am guessing that you have sold around 50,000 X32 family members at this time, so the support of MP3 decode alone would be $100,000.00. It is unlikely that you would change the price of the X32 by $2.00, so the company would simply have to absorb this cost. I don't know about Music Group, but in my department, this amount would be "annoying", but not devastating when it hit the bottom line. Of course, even if you choose to raise the price somewhat to cover this, you would still take the hit on the units in the field since they are already sold (assuming MP3 support would be a firmware/fpga change). It would be "cool", but honestly, I would rather use my phone/iPod to playback music for breaks since it is easier to manage on an external device. [/QUOTE]

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