Popcorn Hour NZ Reseller

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#152158 28-Jul-2008 18:35

It won't be cheap. I just bought a popcorn hour from ripstation co dot nz. Brilliant product.

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#152163 28-Jul-2008 19:09

oakdale: It won't be cheap. I just bought a popcorn hour from ripstation co dot nz. Brilliant product.

wow... $1k for a ~$300NZ delivered PCH and ~$200 500GB disk... thats some pretty good profit IMHO

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#152186 28-Jul-2008 20:24

Holy crap, more like ripoffstation.

Though no matter whos going to start selling these in nz i would expect people to be selling them for far more than it would cost for someone to get on the net and buy one themselves, and putting in a hdd is pretty easy im not sure if they support putting larger hdd's in so if you need to open the case up or anything. Still, its so easy my cat could just about do it.

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#152279 29-Jul-2008 08:16

old3eyes: And the price is........................................................?

Hmm. The post I replied to last nite I see has been deleted. So my reply doesn't make any sense..

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#152285 29-Jul-2008 08:37

That was a Chinese spammer with some fake media player.

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#152372 29-Jul-2008 11:58

would it be possible to route sounnd to an external source for recoding. A pain of a work around but could fix the problem short-medium term, atleast till he-aac is suported natively.

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#152380 29-Jul-2008 12:17

freitasm: That was a Chinese spammer with some fake media player.

Thanx. I suspected that's why..

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#154890 7-Aug-2008 10:56

How much will these be going for?
Because I see that Popcornhour have just released their latest models:

The new one has SATA and digital optical :) Sweet!!!
But yeah you can get them ordered in from the PopcornHD site for $310 for the old series 1, 360 for the series 2, unless the exchange rate continues to drop even more :(

I would be willing to pay maybe $10-20 more though if there was a local warranty/point of return in case things did go wrong though :)

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#154894 7-Aug-2008 11:03

Goten475:
Holy crap, more like ripoffstation.

Though no matter whos going to start selling these in nz i would expect people to be selling them for far more than it would cost for someone to get on the net and buy one themselves, and putting in a hdd is pretty easy im not sure if they support putting larger hdd's in so if you need to open the case up or anything. Still, its so easy my cat could just about do it.

Haha that's too true :) $999 NZ + shipping for what could be delivered to your door for $310
plus the 500gb HDDs only go for just under $100NZD on Pricespy.co.nz for PATA and $94 for the SATA ones,
Maybe I should start selling them and my cat and your cat could team up and put the HDDs in

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#156774 14-Aug-2008 08:25

I to will be very interested in getting one once the HE-AAC audio is supported and tested. I'm currently using a PC in the bedroom for streaming from GBPVR - The PC's a Dual Core AMD x64 with 2GB and a Nvidia 9600GT running Vista Business. The operating system is worth nearly as much as the value talked about for PCH in NZ dollar and its noisy as the only low profile 9600GT I could find has a fan that goes non-stop. I could easily sell this system once I no-longer need it.

Any word on HE-AAC Testing?

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Wannabe Geek

#163294 9-Sep-2008 13:36

Hello Team,

Ripstation is a re-seller only and does not get to dictate RRP, the NZ distributor does.
We must also note the price is bundled with the ripping service.

Popcorn hour product falls into the catagory of 'high support' especially in its current beta phase.
Im guessing we will see movement in the RRP in the near future once the product has had time to prove its reliability.
It also takes alot of setup and training to have the product ready for the consumer which is factored into the cost.
Which would not really be required for the high level of Geekzone readers ability if they were the only consumer.

So please dont bag ripstation.co.nz they are doing great things for our industry.

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#163301 9-Sep-2008 13:53

That price is a huge rip off. I hope no one buys one at that price.

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#163307 9-Sep-2008 14:08

sub: That price is a huge rip off. I hope no one buys one at that price.

I agree! The 500gb drive is worth under $150NZD and the Popcorn hour around $300 so quite how they get to $999 I will never know! I wonder if maybe SamNC4 has some sort of association with Ripstation.

If I sold a client on mine something costing me $500 for $1000 in the computer industry I wouldn't be expecting them to come back again!

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#163310 9-Sep-2008 14:22

samnc4: Hello Team,

Ripstation is a re-seller only and does not get to dictate RRP, the NZ distributor does.
We must also note the price is bundled with the ripping service.

Popcorn hour product falls into the catagory of 'high support' especially in its current beta phase.
Im guessing we will see movement in the RRP in the near future once the product has had time to prove its reliability.
It also takes alot of setup and training to have the product ready for the consumer which is factored into the cost.
Which would not really be required for the high level of Geekzone readers ability if they were the only consumer.

So please dont bag ripstation.co.nz they are doing great things for our industry.

If its high support (its not) sell the box at a fair price and charge for support if required, seems much fairer to me.

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#163314 9-Sep-2008 14:40

samnc4: Hello Team,

Ripstation is a re-seller only and does not get to dictate RRP, the NZ distributor does.

No the NZ Distributor does not. Retailer's must be free to charge what they see fit, or you are breaching the Commerce Act.

Also anyone can import these and sell them. The concept of "NZ Distributor" is a bit of a misnomer given the ability to parallel import. There may be a single importer given official support etc, but it does not create a monopoly.

We must also note the price is bundled with the ripping service.

The $999.00 price doesn't seem to. To get 500 CD's ripped as well as a PCH its $1,377.00

Popcorn hour product falls into the catagory of 'high support' especially in its current beta phase.

How hard can it be to plug in a hard drive and an hdmi cable anyway?

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