[vorbis] Re: OGG portable (iRiver iHP-120)

Ralph Giles giles at xiph.org
Wed Oct 22 08:39:05 PDT 2003



On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 02:20:47PM +1000, Patrick wrote:

> > http://www.iriveramerica.com/products/iHP-120.asp
> 
> How musch of that huge price tag is MP3 royalties? With an ogg encoder
> instead of Mp3, I imagine the gaget could be alot cheaper ( and higher
> quality!)

According to http://www.mp3licensing.com/royalty/ it's US$2.50-$5.00 per 
unit. Or 6 to 12 thousandths of the $400 retail price.

 -r
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