On July 16, 2007 at 18:16, Spillage said...
Clearly another $$$ dealer.
I know what RTI are doing. I am saying that I do not agree
with it. RTI can do what they like. My point is there
is no need to go to such lengths for a remote control.
That's all it is, a remote control, a luxury not a necessity.
To treat the item as something miraculous or covert that
needs specially chosen companies to meter is what I disagree
with. The options for dealers to sell the remote and the
software or the remote and their services are what I would
like to see.
Buy a different brand that lets the end user "Tinker". If you dont like the business practice then go elsewhere.
When joe six pack pays $799 for a T2-C from some online reseller and cant ever get it to work, who do you think gets the blame and whos branding is hurt? When John Q downloads the software and "Tinkers" with my program trying to add in something and everything goes haywire, who has to come out fix the problem and charge the guy for the billable time? When all you do is upload the original and hand the guy a bill for $90 it puts the dealer in a bad spot.
RTI, Crestron, AMX, and now URC do this for a reason. You think URC liked pulling the rug from all the people who ebayed there MX-3000? They had to do it, CI's were leaving in droves and that was one of the 2 main reasons why in my book.
Heres the remote company for you,
[Link: logitech.com]
