[Preview + Feedback] Digit December 2007 Special Issue

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blackpearl

The Devil
Asfaq said:
@blackpearl: Were you expecting 200 pages per magazine? :wink:

No, but when you mentioned "magazines" it should atleast look, feel and even weight like one. They are more like mini magazines that are given away free with the main one. You told us half truth, trying to make us believe you are giving more. ;) But your little trick could easily backfire.

Let's look at it from a different angle. A 40 page magazine shouldn't cost more than Rs 15 (magazines like Outlook and India Today which are much thicker cost only Rs 10).
So 5 magazines @ Rs 15 costs Rs 75.
5 DVDs @ Rs 10 costs Rs 50.
Rs 50 + Rs 75 = Rs 125
You are selling to us Rs 125 worth of stuff at Rs 200!!

Instead, if you had given a 200 pg mag and 5 DVDs, people would have thought, "Wow!! for only Rs 75 more we are getting a magazine 70pages thicker and 4 extra DVDs! Give me my copy."

Conclusion: Bad marketing trick. :))
 

rajivnedungadi

In the zone
blackpearl said:
5 DVDs @ Rs 10 costs Rs 50.
Rs 50 + Rs 75 = Rs 125
You are selling to us Rs 125 worth of stuff at Rs 200!!

Now this is a Special Joke about a Special Edition....
Blackpearl, I dont think that you have ever checked out the price of a DL DVD. A Blank, good, DL DVD costs more than 100 bucks.
So in short you are getting 5 DL DVDs + 40 GB of software + 5 Magazines for 200 bucks
 

~Phenom~

The No.1 Stupid
^^U should just write either 5 DL DVDs or 40 GB of software. Its one and the same thing , isn't it ???
 

rajivnedungadi

In the zone
~Phenom~ said:
^^U should just write either 5 DL DVDs or 40 GB of software. Its one and the same thing , isn't it ???

Well, I have mentioned the price of blank DVDs as more than Rs.100/- each and Digit is giving 5 DL DVDs with around 40 GB of data on them,so, I just had to change one word in my sentence so that people understand it better, and here it goes:

"So in short you are getting 5 DL DVDs + 40 GB of software + 5 Magazines for 200 bucks"

to

"So in short you are getting 5 DL DVDs with 40 GB of software + 5 Magazines for 200 bucks"
 

Raaabo

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Each mag is 40 to 50 pages with anywhere from 30 to 40 pages of pure content in each (ie. not counting ads).

Obviously we could have just made one rather thick 200+ page mag, but then it goes againt the theme we had in mind... eg.: If you're into gaming... read the gaming mag.

Each one is a collection of columns, articles, news, etc. based on that topic (Computing, Connect, Entertainment, Gaming, Personal Tech). Anyway, we want to know your opinions, but at least wait till you get the magazines and read them before offering your 2 cents ;)


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Gigacore

Dreamweaver
WOW... thats really huge content... as i said before this is not a "Mega Issue" This is a "Giga Issue" in digit's histroy!!

Digit Rocks *gigasmilies.googlepages.com/111.gif *gigasmilies.googlepages.com/113.gif
 

blackpearl

The Devil
rajivnedungadi said:
Now this is a Special Joke about a Special Edition....
Blackpearl, I dont think that you have ever checked out the price of a DL DVD. A Blank, good, DL DVD costs more than 100 bucks.

The DVDs Digit give aren't blank. These are pressed DVDs manufactured (replicated is the correct word) in bulk so the production cost is very low.

As of 2003, DVDs cost about $1,000 to master and about $0.70 to replicate. Double-sided or dual-layer discs cost about $0.30 more to replicate

*renewmedia.org/joomla/content/view/35/67/lang,en/

That was 2003. Prices have come down a lot during these 4 years. If we consider the ratio of production cost to have remained the same then the replicating cost of DL DVDs are just about 42% more than that of single layer DVDs.

You do the rest of the math yourself. ;)

@Raaabo: How much bandwidth did Digit consume last month? :)
 

Arijit2006

Right off the assembly line
look like a Superbbb issue after a long gap...
kudos
"Digit Team" pls arrange for more issues... its soon gonna out of news-stands.
or already out of news-stands :rolleyes: , till 2:30 it's not available at my local news-stand, Kolkata.
 
ok, seeing that no one ecept an anna kournikova fan is on my side abt the covers, I did some soul searching and realised that the covers did make SOME sence.

and FYKI, moser baer movies in Dual Layer DVDs with box, artwork cost only Rs.34/-. so the dual layer DVDs MUST COST BELOW RS 20 I always hope the movie disc is blank, so that I can enjoy my first blank DVD+DL
I wonder why Boser Baer does not sell them blank, as the stores would be emptied before a few days of launching them. only a fool won't sell something with that much revenue assoiated with it.

too bad you did not give Ultimate Boot CD For Windows ISO, which is made from a windows install.
 
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Orionz

Nebula was here,15 yrs back
littledrop said:
Which Ultimate Boot CD is there?

Dunno Exactly But i think it will be
Ver 4.XX-- The latest one.
(One of The Best thing in Dec.s Mega issue)

Check out--> *www.ultimatebootcd.com/
====================================
Purchasing December Digit only For
[Mag,Collec. of PDFs of Fast-tracks,Ubuntu,UBCD,Otherwise Not a big Reason.]
 
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