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Dragon upgrade price before April 16th 2012?

Thierry Lacombe

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Those that believed in Jim’s vision when it was still an impossible dream, those that stood in line and paid deposits when everyone told them that RED was a scam, vaporware, snake oil, those that believed that everyone else’s “good” was not “good enough” — those are the early adopters and will be the first to experience RED DRAGON 6K via RED’s RED DRAGON™ sensor upgrade program.
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Considering the Epic-X dropped off $17,000 from $34,500 on November 2012, that loss would at least been of only $7,500 with a free Dragon upgrade

A Scarlet (formerly $9,700) user can now trade with an Epic-X for $9,500, which is still a $15,300 difference for being a MX customer going on the same Dragon path with Epic features in the end! That amount worth of slow-mos in a 6½ months timeframe is incredible... not much advantages on taking an early Epic path

http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?97900-NAB13-Scarlet-Upgrade-Program
 
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Or, you could probably buy a couple Sony F-900s now that originally were a few hundred thousand dollars new. Or wait several years and you can get an F-65 for a few hundred bucks. It's all about timing. :-)
 
it changes too fast
and makes me to hesitate to move
 
It didn't cut off $17,000 on dragon users in a single month though. First $9,500 starting April 16th to full kit buyers, then $4,000 (discount on accessories) on October 1st plus $3,500 (full difference less dragon upgrade price) on November 1st, since the later adopters are not eligible to the free upgrade as well
 
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Well - I think Scarlet owners are reaping the benefits at the moment.

If you bought a Scarlet when they first came out - you can now get it transformed :) into an Epic, Scarlet Dragon or Epic Dragon... and at a greatly reduced price.

The Epic, by comparison, hasn't done as well.

It seems to me that the current options are really a massive gift for Scarlet owners - whilst Epic owners haven't come out well over the last 12 months.

But, it's always an interesting ride with Red!
 
Thierry Lacombe said:
Considering the Epic-X dropped off $17,000 from $34,500 on November 2012, that loss would at least been of only $7,500 with a free Dragon upgrade as an early customer. This quote is a big slap on my face. With $26,500 to the count, I would have afforded two Dragon brains with same amount dropped on early-2012 epic + upgrade in a 6½ months timeframe! Seriously.
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The prices of electronic drop all the time. Fact of life. How much $$ did you make with you Epic in the time you had before the price drop. factor that in to your equation also.
 
Andy White said:
Well - I think Scarlet owners are reaping the benefits at the moment.

If you bought a Scarlet when they first came out - you can now get it transformed :) into an Epic, Scarlet Dragon or Epic Dragon... and at a greatly reduced price.

The Epic, by comparison, hasn't done as well.

It seems to me that the current options are really a massive gift for Scarlet owners - whilst Epic owners haven't come out well over the last 12 months.

But, it's always an interesting ride with Red!
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The flip side of this though is that at first the Scarlet was 1/4 the cost of the Epic with 1/4 the features (frame rates, compression options, no anamorphic). After the price drop, the Scarlet was half the cost of an Epic, but still only a 1/4 the features - perhaps this will now line them up, so the Scarlet is half the price, and half the functionality.

But I do agree - Scarlet owners get a pretty sweet deal in this (well, wait to see final Scarlet Dragon specs)
 
Daniel Pearson said:
The flip side of this though is that at first the Scarlet was 1/4 the cost of the Epic with 1/4 the features (frame rates, compression options, no anamorphic). After the price drop, the Scarlet was half the cost of an Epic, but still only a 1/4 the features - perhaps this will now line them up, so the Scarlet is half the price, and half the functionality.

But I do agree - Scarlet owners get a pretty sweet deal in this (well, wait to see final Scarlet Dragon specs)
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The flip side to this is that most Scarlet owners don't have deep enough pockets for Epic. If they did they'd already be EPIC owners.
 
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