Re: USB input devices-- Second Sight

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Mike Kent writes ...
> 
> Jeff Blakeney <CUTjefbla@bconnex.net> wrote:
> 
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> 
> > Now, when you take into consideration the fact that EVERYTHING the
> > All-in-Wonder does gets done MUCH faster than the Second Sight and all
> > the added features it has, you realize that these two cards shouldn't
> > be anywhere near the same price but they are pretty much exactly the
> > same price!
> 
> Sorry, Jeff.
> 
> I've agreed with you in the past about a great many things, but I'm going
> to have to take issue with this.
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> 
> While I'm not asking to be gouged, it only makes sense that specialty
> cards with very low production volumes will cost more than even more
> capable cards with production lots in the hundreds of thousands.
>

     There are many exceptions to this rule. For example, local
'business park' shops routinely undersell major computer makers.

     In the case of the Apple II market, a small manufacturer-- say an
individual or users group-- has the advantages of low labor costs, low
capital costs, and very little competition. 

 
> Look, I really wish the Second Sight card did more.  I wish it were better
> supported by GS/OS.  And I even wish it were much less expensive.  But
> until someone comes around with a better alternative, I'm not willing to
> pile on the one outfit still willing to take the risk of producing new
> hardware cards for my machine.
 ....

     Still, if the idea is to create a significant base of SS owners
ready to buy for-SS games and other products, then, practically
speaking, the board is over-priced. A card which offers new display
formats on a new monitor is not the sort of thing one buys in the hope
of being among a few elite owners.     



Rubywand