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Foxsat-HDR - best deals and availability thread (Merged)
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Since this will keep coming up, thought I'd start a new thread to keep the news in one place.
Thanks to Barry for the heads-up, LE Concepts are now preordering the HDR for £289, money not taken til despatch - they advertise November. Delivery £10 by City Link, or their shop is in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Parabolic are advertising at £299, but their site does have tons of info on it on the machine - some of it new to me.
Thanks to Barry for the heads-up, LE Concepts are now preordering the HDR for £289, money not taken til despatch - they advertise November. Delivery £10 by City Link, or their shop is in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Parabolic are advertising at £299, but their site does have tons of info on it on the machine - some of it new to me.
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Satbuyer £??? (£275-£300) can contact them to be placed on waiting list.
A word of caution - placing a pre-order does not necessarily guarantee you will get the pvr before any one else.
No, so far we've 'sold' one, the money is in the till, and we're lending a non-PVR Freesat box to the customer and fitting a dish and quad LNB - the first PVR box we receive will be delivered and swapped for the loan box.
So that one customer is guaranteed the first box we get, even before we put one on display, but you can only guarantee one like that.
Said it was due in November but Humax were doing final tests on HD Recording.
I wonder if they've quoted their cost price and not their retail as this seems to be fairly cheap.
Looks like the trade price minus VAT for a £299 selling price with typical Freesat margins.
That price is neither trade nor retail, I'd question it's accuracy.
Nice idea for a thread though, defiantly a good idea.
I had thought about pre-orders, but as others have suggested, there's no guarantee you will receive at time of release, or even at the same time as other places, it all depends on the supply chain for which different routes are used for different retailers. It's not like films/music etc where a release date is given and stock is held until then...shame really!
What are your thoughts on pre-order? Worthwhile?
If that's the price being paid by trade, then I'll be over the moon with my quoted trade price
I've not seen any prices on the PVR, I generally only get to see them occasionally (it's not part of my job) - but based on the current profit margins for Freesat, that looks spot-on for £299 retail. Which was why I said people wouldn't be selling them for £250 (as they cost £270), unless the trade price drops.
Nice one Nigel, £300 was the price I predicted too
What do you think about the Panasonic Blu-Ray Freesat PVR: http://www.pvrjunction.co.uk/panasonic-freesat-pvr-planned/
How much are we predicting this to cost? I say £600 :eek:
£250 would be possible, but with a very tight margin and too much risk for a new product. £275 upwards seems reasonable, but with demand, £299 likely. All depends on trade prices though, they remain inaccurate at this time.
Think I might contact Freesat about getting a set release date organised, so that all major and independent retailers can obtain initial stock first, as I can see the major retailers getting priority through their distribution again (not Humax' fault, just the process)
As you say later, I guess you'll need a good indication of when you can get stock and how reliable that promise is before pre-ordering makes much sense. If you do get promising word, I'd go for it though!
Yes, it seems that pretty much everyone was predicting that price.
It has been on several websites for a while.
Be interesting to see what happens then - as you seem to be implying that profit margins will be substantially higher on the PVR than on existing Freesat boxes.
Not at all, what I'm suggesting is that the pre-conception is £299, so it's likely retailers, including the major ones will price around this whilst demand is high, to maximise profits. It won't however, based on the trade price I have, reflect an equivalent profit value to that of the current HD box, but then I'd expect a slightly larger profit margin from a PVR anyway, as there is more parts that could go faulty.
If the major retailers come in at a profit margin similar to that of the Humax HD when launched (i.e. £149) then their price for the PVR will be significantly below £299, but we'll have to see. I intend fighting the major retailers to the death on this product
Terran
PS Any one recken the price may drop in the sales next year at all ?
R.I.P. Ian
Graham
I'm still banking on a launch price of £249, any higher and I will also be looking for sales post Christmas.
Graham.
Exciting times ahead for freesat+ for sure.
Either way I am having one
Xmas is coming early this year i hope
Your bank will go bust the day before it comes out for saying that Alan.
What I do fear is availability will be like the original Foxsat. I expect to have as much luck asking for one in Comet as if I had walked into Dudley central library and asked for the original copy of the Bible.
I bet I end up with hundreds of boxes a week late
To be fair to Comet at the Riverside retail park at Northampton on the day the Humax Foxsat was launched they not only had stock but were clued up regarding freesat. Hoping this will be the case for the launch day for the Humax HD PVR............:):)
Presumably prices have been released to the trade?, which unfortunately I'm not privy to
Unfortunately Freesat is ordered completely differently, and while I have access to most prices - Freesat ones aren't listed - bummer really! :rolleyes: