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From: acm@grendal.Corp.Sun.COM (Andrew Macrae)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: CD-ROM Jukeboxes
Date: 8 Mar 1994 06:09:40 GMT
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In article qv@eskimo.com, daedulus@eskimo.com (Erik Hermansen) writes:
>Why are juke boxes so expensive?  Is this a case of
>the-market-is-big-corporations-that-will-pay-big-bucks or is it
>justified by the actual costs of producing a box that flips discs
>around?  If I was a contestant on the Price Is Right and somebody asked
>me how much a CD-ROM juke box cost, I'd guess $2000.  $30000?

I wondered that myself until I looked into it.  An audio CD jukebox isn't
made to the same specs.  After all, if the jukebox in a diner stops working
for a day or two or three, no harm done.

These CD-ROM jukeboxes are industrial strength changers.  I can fax you some
of the fact sheets I picked up at the show if you like.

							Andrew MacRae