#72082 - 03/12/09 07:11 AM
Re: Anyone know when HDMI will come?
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Gunslinger
Registered: 02/22/05
Posts: 97
Loc: Thousand Oaks, Ca
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Didn't the joint agreement with Sherwood Newcastle exclude Outlaw from selling a receiver, or was that just a receiver based on the 997? Originally posted by gonk: I don't know that I'd abandon the idea of an Outlaw receiver. I would not anticipate a receiver based on a 990/997 level processor, as it would put the receiver's price tag above $1500 when their two previous receivers have been priced around $600 to $900 (when initially released, although both saw price drops during their production lives).
What we are likely to see down the road (after the 997 lands) is a successor to the 970. That would offer a platform that could serve as an opportunity for a new receiver. Or we could see something like the 1070: receiver first, then a processor.
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#72084 - 03/12/09 11:56 AM
Re: Anyone know when HDMI will come?
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Desperado
Registered: 04/08/08
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Loc: Columbus,North Carolina
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What secrets do you know, Gonk?
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#72086 - 03/12/09 02:59 PM
Re: Anyone know when HDMI will come?
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Gunslinger
Registered: 05/27/06
Posts: 21
Loc: Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Clearly I'm not the only one who's getting a little tired of waiting. Not even a single picture or spec about what's coming out? The auto makers understandably keep their new lines hidden until they're ready because they don't want the new/hot features copied, but so far we haven't heard of anything "new" that the other manufacturers haven't already done. Room optimizer? Done. 4 HDMI inputs? Done. USB ports for MP3 playback and firmware upgrades? Done. OSD over HDMI, XM support, Multi-room? Done, done, and done. Don't get me wrong, I do like the look of their products, and the reviews are nothing less than stellar at the price point they were offered at, but this is taking so long that I'm not so sure I want to be an Outlaw owner anymore. The opposite would be to have new versions released every 6 months, and that too would suck, but like everything else in life, everything in moderation is best. Can't they at least put out some details of what's coming out, if for nothing else, just to string me along for another few months?? ![confused confused](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/default/confused.gif)
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#72087 - 03/12/09 04:08 PM
Re: Anyone know when HDMI will come?
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Desperado
Registered: 03/21/01
Posts: 14054
Loc: Memphis, TN USA
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Originally posted by DavieJ: Can't they at least put out some details of what's coming out, if for nothing else, just to string me along for another few months?? There is no "perfect" solution. If they string you along now, then they get slammed for leading people on when they announce something without a precisely correct release date. Let's assume that they say "here's what to expect from the Model 1071" today, give us a feature list, and then add that it's going to be released in Q4 2009 (I just made that date up, by the way), if they miss that date they will have potential customers who have planned their purchases around that product mad at them. They will then have those mad customers complaining until the product arrives. History tells us that keeping things quiet until you have product very close to release is least likely to create grief. That's been true for Outlaw and a number of other manufacturers.
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#72088 - 03/12/09 04:24 PM
Re: Anyone know when HDMI will come?
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Gunslinger
Registered: 05/27/06
Posts: 21
Loc: Vancouver, BC, Canada
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I agree with you 100%. But Gonk, the 1070 was discontinued when? With all the "low-low prices" emails we're all getting, aren't you starting to get the feeling that we won't be able to buy the new products until all of the old product is gone? Generally speaking, and that's across all products, you usually have a replacement when you retire a product, and old stock is sold quickly and cheaply, but it shouldn't take months and months to do that. If it does, they need to talk to the guy responsible for inventory levels. All this is doing is pissing of current/potential customers. Add the risk that if the new unit isn't absolutely amazing, the customer base will not be happy with it.
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#72090 - 03/13/09 01:25 AM
Re: Anyone know when HDMI will come?
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Desperado
Registered: 01/01/03
Posts: 506
Loc: Torrance, CA USA
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I still think that basing a new receiver on the 990 would be the right path to go. Unless there is a contractual problem, this could basically be an Outlaw version of the Sherwood receivers. While I know that I am over simplifying, about the only change needed to make this attractive to me would be to replace the DVI with HDMI.
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