May be but where is the proof!
Sir... this is the HD PVR ... the older one is a SD PVR. The differences between the two are well cataloged on this forum. There you have proof of New service and New hardware.
They do buy old ones sometimes or at least can surely arrange for it through some third party.
Exactly what I said.... This is a SERVICE they render (that too ONLY if its a profit making division in itself). Not to be confused as A MATTER OF RIGHT by anyone. Every bill for any commodity contains the disclaimer the "goods once sold will not be taken back"
Also it is a mismatched example, because you may have two cars and you can use both at different times, but having two sets are pointless if the newer one is having every thing which the older set is having plus extra features.
Sorry but please do not generalise. In fact I have done exactly that - use two PVRs! The Older PVR was moved to the kids room and is hooked to our old 29" CRT. Kids are thrilled to have their own PVR! So I get to enjoy HD PVR on my Plasma, and the kids have their fill of SD stuff on the CRT. No duplication or wasted facility/resource!
I also did give the example of a CPU. That is relevant?
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Tata Sky is holding gun on me nor vice versa, but, if not legally, it is both commercially and ethically wrong not to give some options (e.g., exchange offer) to their customers who have bought the sets 1, 2 or even 6 months back and are willing to upgrade it to their new offering of HD PVR.
Sorry. You may buy anything today and the manufacturer may release another version the next day, a week later, or a month later. This is true with everything around us. You draw a line anywhere you will find people on both sides of it. Which side has benefited is always a matter of PoV. A good example will be School admissions - one is supposed to be 'X' age by 'Y' date .. lets say by 1st of June in a year. So what about the children who were born on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th of June - they have to either wait a full year to be eligible to join, or of course parents have to adopt other "methods"
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business upgrades are a part of life - and any/all business literature would specify that clearly - including brochures. You will find the disclaimer that "specifications are subject to change" in any piece of literature since this is an ongoing process. When a new product is launched, exchange schemes are NOT a matter of right! In this case TS may have taken the stand that they are in the business of selling NEW connections - not reselling old hardware - and they are well within their rights legally, commercially, and morally to do so!
Newer models of anything will always have newer and better features. It is upto us to decide if the improvement is worth the money being asked for or not. If the answer is yes - then buy it, if not then dont.... the choice is still OURS and ONLY OURS! (the 'gun-on-the-head' bit....)
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Tata Sky) say - hey, you cannot transfer it to anyone else - and it is locked so you cannot sell it also - [/B]
This I agree - You dont want to buy it back thats upto you, you should not prevent me from selling it/gifting it to anyone I want. But that stupid agreement comes into play. All TS subscribers sign an agreement which says the hardware including the STB and the digicard along with all receiving equipment (Dish/LNB etc) is the sole property of TS, and further that we will relinquish all of it to them any time they ask for it. So till such time that someone takes them to court on this stoopid clause (which I might be very soon!), they will think they are well within their right to do so!
Sorry friend - I am not FOR TataSky, neither am I against you. But what you raised is against principles of commerce and hence I had to point that out. Lets agree to disagree on this one.
