RE:RE:An article about ArhtYes interesting information - it would appear if I am not mistaked that cost projections are lower than those provided in 2020. (Although it could be from a different platform). So yet again it is strange how people may interprete these numbers - and I as you may have guessed is not that rosy of a picture - heres why.
55 K for the Holopad - I cant anticipate a very large margin on that as they would want the customer to purchase so I figure is it treated as a loss leadder - BUT lets say 30% margin or 15K profit/unit.
Then 12-14K/yr for recurring revenue, with the goal to significantly (or somewhat) reduce that cost over the long term. (a trypical homes media bill (cable internet) is approx 3-4K/year.
So as i see it - they would have to sell one fvck of amount of holopads (with max recurring revenue/holopad) for this to even come close to breaking even. I am assuming ART salary's are competative to high then you have day to day ops, then you have tech changing constantly which drains cash in order for the co. to stay relavent . I dont see a huge rollout being able to occur - it certainly will not beat competors into the home for mass sales.
Again, i dont care if my M.D. or a professor is in 3D or not as long as I can hear and see him and vice versa. And I think most feel the same - I still say its an "oh that's neat" technology but when faced with 100K bill over 4 years its all of a sudden "not so neat"
But a company can sell cigarettes to children for all i care - as long as I sell higher than what i bought at.
PS those day traders are manipulating the stock yet again today (in lots of 20) LOL. AND every ART article point out thier compitition.
tannin wrote: Thx Brickman......great find. Also, now we know the cost of a Holopod. Both the cost and the annual 'recurring' costs seem v reasonable.....hope to see a lot of Holopods installed