SiliconDust HDHomeRun PRIME Pre-Order for $202...Maybe, via Amazon

Well I have now preordered on Newegg and Amazon. I'll post back with any noteworthy.

Don't understand why Nick thinks this violates a MAP (minmum advertised price) agreement. Amazon hasn't listed the product, they sent out private emails offering the product and you had to start an order to see the price.

As I recall, manufacturer's list prices were outlawed back in the late 1960 or early 1970s. Up to that time you paid the same price for a Bolex camera at your local camera store, department store or drug store. Same for Kodak Film and so on. The only discount was if you belonged to a membership store that broke the price with just their members. Then when the law changed there were stores like White Front and countless others that became discount big box stores.

So all SD has is an agreement on advertised prices, Amazon could offer coupons, discounts to people who purchased another product, etc.

The biggest question is how this things is going to work since they by-passed the beta testing.

John

Hauppauge and Silicon Dust have a partnership where the USB variant is essentially based on the Prime hardware so I don't suspect we'll be seeing it for a bit.

The six tuner version is scheduled for 7/18 and the three tuner version for 7/25.

Of course we have no idea how many have been pre-ordered and how many have been put into production. I would guess that SD has standing orders from their regular distribution outlets for devices once the Newegg.com orders have been shipped.

I think that the Ceton price adjustment/rebate/discount probably cut into that pre-order total at Newegg.

John

Edit: and with the USB version announcement by Hauppauge, there will be more pressure to lower the SD Prime price.