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From: dca@edison.UUCP (David C. Albrecht)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Programmability cost
Message-ID: <472@edison.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 23-Apr-85 13:17:23 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 23 13:17:23 1985
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Organization: General Electric Company, Charlottesville, VA
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> I have been meaning to ask this one for a while now:  why is it that there
> is a $100 difference between two seemingly identical CD players which differ
> only in their respective degree of programmability?  A recent post about
> the Sony 102/302 convinced me to post this query.  I would think that the
> 'parts' necessary to introduce even a high degree of programmability to a 
> CD player should cost no more than $10.  So why the $100 difference in the
> retail price.  Are there other 'design' or 'performance' improvements as we
> move up the product line?

Because Retail vs. cost is usually a multiplier not a add on amount.
Expect ~ retail = 5*cost.

David Albrecht
General Electric