New product launch?

[Zappydev]

 I don't see how people think the upgrade path for the 120 is such a good deal.  

 Anyone that upgraded previously from D premiers- not because they wanted the new features, but because they didn't want to be left without an upgrade path - must be feeling a bit miffed?

+1 Include me in the "bit miffed" group. I wish I would have waited when upgrading my D Premier to the 250. I could have saved approx. 3,400 € ..  

Let's not kid ourselves that any of this was done for the benefit of existing users. 

Devialet have carried out a refresh of their existing technology after ~ 3 years in order to maintain market share in the face of increasing competition - fair enough, that is standard practice, I would say. 

By making the new parts backwards-compatible with the old cases etc. they make it possible to upgrade, but in general, the price they charge will gain them as much revenue as selling a new unit - they don't care either way. 

Apart from a concession to O d'A owners, there is no reflection on what folk have done up to this point. I don't believe that this was anything other than a pre-planned strategy, and they have no reason to change it. They are in a win-win situation. 

If they gave a damn about existing users, then they would have already addressed some of the things about which people have been complaining, such as AIR or the remote app. All we have heard are some fine words from the CEO which have yet to materialise into anything tangible, and most probably won't. Classic Smoke & Mirrors marketing.  

I love my D400, and would consider a higher model at some point, but let's not confuse business with emotion - Devialet are in business to make money. Period.