19-Sep-2014, 11:51
I have most sympathy for the owners of dual D-Premieres who made that purchase in the months before the announcement of the 240.
Ouch !!!!
Presumably there will come a time when the next hardware upgrade is on offer and we will need to consider whether to stay on the "free" firmware upgrade path. It is up to D to make the firmware upgrades as enticing as possible to keep our interest up. For 170 owners, like me, the last (first) firmware upgrade was a ripper. However, D's stated intention to release these significant firmware upgrades at 6 monthly intervals falls short of reality. 170 > 200 has been the only significant release in the 14 months of my ownership.
Moral of the story - get in early.
Using the D-P as the example. From introduction to the announcement of the 240 was about 3 years with around another year within which it was possible to participate in the hardware upgrade.
Ouch !!!!
Presumably there will come a time when the next hardware upgrade is on offer and we will need to consider whether to stay on the "free" firmware upgrade path. It is up to D to make the firmware upgrades as enticing as possible to keep our interest up. For 170 owners, like me, the last (first) firmware upgrade was a ripper. However, D's stated intention to release these significant firmware upgrades at 6 monthly intervals falls short of reality. 170 > 200 has been the only significant release in the 14 months of my ownership.
Moral of the story - get in early.
Using the D-P as the example. From introduction to the announcement of the 240 was about 3 years with around another year within which it was possible to participate in the hardware upgrade.
D200, Magico S1's, Antipodes DX