I have a newer Niveus Rainier750HD available for sale. It has the HD DVD setup. If interested, the cost is $3000, you can upgrade via Niveus directly into blu ray for $1523. This would be like getting a new Niveus for $4523. Looking at best offers as well. The machine is out of warranty, it is supported directly through Niveus customer service though. Justin.wright@sbcglobal.net

Sorry if this is the wrong location to place the post, just want to get it out. Paid a lot for this. JW

$1523 to be able to play Blu Ray? I don't get it...why would ANYONE do that???

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jhale83:

$1523 to be able to play Blu Ray? I don't get it...why would ANYONE do that???

Yea, I was thinking the same exact thing. Can't you just buy a $120 Blu-ray player and drop it in ? After all, it is a computer....

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I guess the owners of these machines do that. These are the people that don't like to get down and dirty with a machine. Its a very sophisticated setup. For $7000, it better be. The machine was sold to me, I no longer want it. Velociy micro is looking very good to me.

Here is the answer from Niveus, whats included in the cost.

Yes, we are still offering Blu-Ray upgrades. The issue is that this unit will need more than just the Blu-Ray drive. We will have to replace the videocard, RAM, Blu-Ray drive, and load a new OS image. The SKU for that upgrade is N40-0103027 with a MSRP of $1523.

JustinW:

I guess the owners of these machines do that. These are the people that don't like to get down and dirty with a machine. Its a very sophisticated setup. For $7000, it better be. The machine was sold to me, I no longer want it. Velociy micro is looking very good to me. Here is the answer from Niveus, whats included in the cost. Yes, we are still offering Blu-Ray upgrades. The issue is that this unit will need more than just the Blu-Ray drive. We will have to replace the videocard, RAM, Blu-Ray drive, and load a new OS image. The SKU for that upgrade is N40-0103027 with a MSRP of $1523.

I'm sure it's a nice machine and very well built, (have read some very good reviews) but, still $1523 ?

New video card $150-250

Ram -$60-120

addon Software: $90

Blu-ray reader (not writer), $120-160

At the top, $580, they are charging $1K to image the machine ? ouch. Never mind the DRM issues you will run into if you have recorded shows, as they will reimage the machine and you'll lose your DRM store...

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Not to pile on but yeah, I definitely agree. To put this into perspective, I paid less than this for my XPS 420 with 2 CableCARD tuners back in February. You could probably throw in the $170 I paid for my HDHR and still be under that number.

I wonder how these companies stay in business charging these outrageous premiums.

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