2014-11-25, 16:18
Hi,
First and foremost, the device is ARM based, not x86.
"they...amazon, apple, google are not forcing you to buy any content". Very true, but for most cases people do. And all these vendors lock down their devices to at the very least restrict your content sources.
The CuBox-i is indeed a cheaper device, but it lacks vendor support. I'm committed to supporting the Vero as a flagship OSMC device. You are getting a retail grade product (plug and play) which you may not get with other devices.
I am sorry for the price -- but that's the cost of an initial run. The objective is to allow enough headroom to really invest in the software and some of the new features such as the App Store. I know if it was $99, that some people would still complain it is to steep. It costs what it costs and I actually put in an effort in reducing the sale price by avoiding things like Kickstarter.
"but i feel insulted especially with his marketing talk"
Not meant to insult. If you look at a Fire TV, with its quad core processor, there is no way that the device is profitable. At best they are breaking even. However the quad core processor is negated by the overhead of Android. Android means you lose low latency processing and 24Hz support. It's a good tinkerers toy, but as I said earlier, Vero is more for those that just want something to work
First and foremost, the device is ARM based, not x86.
"they...amazon, apple, google are not forcing you to buy any content". Very true, but for most cases people do. And all these vendors lock down their devices to at the very least restrict your content sources.
The CuBox-i is indeed a cheaper device, but it lacks vendor support. I'm committed to supporting the Vero as a flagship OSMC device. You are getting a retail grade product (plug and play) which you may not get with other devices.
I am sorry for the price -- but that's the cost of an initial run. The objective is to allow enough headroom to really invest in the software and some of the new features such as the App Store. I know if it was $99, that some people would still complain it is to steep. It costs what it costs and I actually put in an effort in reducing the sale price by avoiding things like Kickstarter.
"but i feel insulted especially with his marketing talk"
Not meant to insult. If you look at a Fire TV, with its quad core processor, there is no way that the device is profitable. At best they are breaking even. However the quad core processor is negated by the overhead of Android. Android means you lose low latency processing and 24Hz support. It's a good tinkerers toy, but as I said earlier, Vero is more for those that just want something to work
