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From: jvs@iwu1d.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.video,net.tv
Subject: Why are TV remote controls so expensive?
Message-ID: <123@iwu1d.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 10-Jun-83 07:52:07 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 10 07:52:07 1983
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Can anyone out there tell me why a remote control unit adds so much to
the cost of a TV set?  I've been looking at a lot of TV's lately.  And
it seems like remote control adds an average of $100 to the cost of a
console.  This seems outragiously high to me.  You see a model you like
and it costs $700.  The same model with remote control will cost $800+.
That's a big percentage of the total cost.  Why so high?

					John V. Smith