[opendtv] Re: Global CIO: Steve Jobs Creating New-Age Broadcasting Network?
- From: Kon Wilms <konfoo@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 12:45:21 -0800
On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Manfredi, Albert E
<albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> The concepts of "open" and "closed" are inside-the-industry artifacts
>> that are losing their relevance in the wake of new approaches to
>> applications. If the App Store has tens or hundreds of thousands of
>> products available from tens of thousands of developers, just how
>> "closed" or "un-open" can that be?
>
> The expected apology, or rationalization. Closed means, I have to buy their
> products to use the network. It's really quite simple.
I'm going to play wallet devil's advocate here:
- If you were to purchase a DVR from DirecTV (before they changed it
to rental-only), your cost was anywhere from $500 to $900. I'm going
to whack that number down (let's call it depreciation) to say $300.
- An Apple TV costs 100 bucks.
Savings: $200 for the device
- The cheapest DVR plan from DirecTV costs about 60 bucks (yes they
advertise lower but it excludes 'hd guide', 'tax' and other bs-fees)
- Netflix on the ATV costs about 10 bucks a month
Savings: $50 / month
So for the cost of a single device, I could literally buy 3 for my
house. And save 50 bucks a month. That's $600 a year.
One doesn't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out which model
consumers will flock to.
Cheers
Kon
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