Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/26/83; site iwu1d.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!iwu1d!jvs 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 Article-I.D.: iwu1d.123 Posted: Fri Jun 10 07:52:07 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Jun-83 07:07:50 EDT Organization: BTL Naperville, Il. Lines: 10 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