CA only

 

in 1998, i bought the highest model Pioneer Premiere headunit for a full car stereo system i was putting together. $900 brand new :hs: when i sold it, it was discontinued and i sold it for only $250

 

yep it's 2 life times when it comes to electronics and computers.

but this is why I always shop at a certain price point with certain features.

mine was $600 19" lcd with dvi and vga

of course 5 years later 24" lcd with dvi , vga, component, composite for $600 :chuckles:

 

40gb ipod in december $480. shit die out the very next december lol

 

$900 for just a HU? :eek3:


How much did the total stereo system cost you? :hsugh:

 

Its always the early adopters that pay the inital cost. when an item is first brought to market a company has to charge an amount that will allow them to recoup their cost to devolpe and engineer a product. over time the cost to produce the product will drop as the engineers find ways to cust cost and then pass the savings onto the cousumer. eventually the price of the product will reach a point of mass consumption and the price can them fall further and the cost to produce drops even further feeding into the cycle that the cost will go down even more.
5 years from now a 40in 1080p LCD will be had for $200-$500
if you want to stay above the technology curve your going to pay thru the nose, if your willing to wait you'll odviously get a great deal but you have to ask yourself how long are you going to wait on the sideline to join the game?

 

What brand name would that be? Hyundai? :hsugh:

 

:werd:

 

a lot h:
but the labor was free two friends did all the wiring and tucking and installing for free lunch and beer

 

proably a name brand, flat pannel LCDs were going for $5000 about 5 years ago and now the average price is $1200-2000 depending on the brand. the price will continue to drop as manufacturing cost come down. Companies want their product to go to as many people as possible. if they can offer the same product and they invent a cheaper more efficent way to produce that product the price is going to come down and competition will also help force down the cost as well.
For instance look at the ps2, when it first came out it had hundreds of moving parts and eventually they were able to make a ps2 slim with under 100 working parts. how long did it take for them to make that unit and with intigrated network capabilities, and a progressive scan DVD built in. the orignal ps2 did not have those options.