Pearl Jam limited edition chrome Pono Player

Fixer13

Although I use my Zune HD everyday, I decided it's time to move on! It's been over the storage capacity for some time now. Looking forward to playing more PJ boots in full FLAC mode.

DavidD

RedMosquito02 said:

266 PJ left! Almost half gone...

260 PJ left, might not last the day??? surprised they lasted this long.

buck502000

I smell a lawsuit ------- these are awesome chocolates btw.......

demetrios

buck502000 said:

I smell a lawsuit ------- these are awesome chocolates btw.......

Oh they are! Can't remember now but wasn't it TV's Fun House (USA) that used to advertise this sweet candy back in the early '90's? Every winner would take home a big hugemongous size Toblerone bars. *drools

Empty Glass

I seem to have so much money going out the door right now...these need to sell out before I pull the trigger and throw $400 down. Like someone said, I really don't "need" this right now and I really don't need PJ sigs on the side.

Decisions, decisions....

pdalowsky

Empty Glass said:

I seem to have so much money going out the door right now...these need to sell out before I pull the trigger and throw $400 down. Like someone said, I really need this right now and I really need PJ sigs on the side.

fixed for ya

pdalowsky

I was trying to abstain but that didn't work out too well, just pledged.

I am fully signed up to the moron club

demetrios

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neil-young-reaches-800-000-pono-kickstarter-goal-in-1-day-20140312

Neil Young Reaches $800,000 Pono Kickstarter Goal in 1 Day
Veteran rocker achieves goal 34 days ahead of schedule



Neil Young during the 2014 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival at Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas.
Dustin Finkelstein/Getty Images for SXSW

By Jason Newman
March 12, 2014 12:10 AM ET

Well, that was fast.

At 11:00 p.m. EST Tuesday night, less than 10 hours after launching a Kickstarter page to raise money for his new digital music service PonoMusic and its accompanying player, Neil Young surpassed his goal of $800,000. Young and the PonoMusic team had set an expiration date of Tuesday, April 15th to raise the necessary funds.

Per Kickstarter rules, project organizers keep any funds raised past the required amount. As Kickstarter notes on their FAQ, "Most of the time what seems like 'extra' money isn’t extra at all. Ten times the funding often means 10 times the backers. More rewards have to be produced and distributed, and creators need that funding to do it (and sometimes some of their own money too).

"Sometimes when a project is overfunded it lets the creator put that money back into the project to create something better for the backers and themselves. More songs on an album, additional game elements, better materials, etc. In other cases, overfunding leads to better margins and the creator may even profit from the project. This often also means that the creator can continue the project beyond Kickstarter and backers are part of that story."

Young offered multiple rewards for financial contributions, including a "VIP Dinner & Listening Party" with the singer and limited edition Pono players signed by Arcade Fire, Pearl Jam, Beck, Foo Fighters and others. All 500 Limited Edition players with Young's signature laser-engraved on the device were sold for a minimum of $400 each.

The singer reached out to many of his musician peers for a testimonial video that accompanied the Kickstarter page. Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedder, David Crosby, James Taylor, Tom Petty, Sting and a slew of other musical icons provided glowing recommendations for the service.

The player, which has a suggested retail price of $399, will contain 128 gigabytes of memory, which can store between 1,000 and 2,000 high-resolution songs, depending on the resolution and length of the recording. The device will also accept memory cards, which can hold more music and playlists.

Get_Right

I read it as porno music.

PJStatTracker

I love the idea of this thing, but I will hold off to see how things end up playing out. Curious to see how many will actually buy it long term. Obviously it is meant to be a niche-market product, but price of adoption is pretty steep. Doesn't stop me from coveting that PJ-model though!

MayDay10

so tempted.... holding back

Dead Man Walking

I'm holding back too...Just like I did with HD-DVD's....Phew...

PJStatTracker

Dead Man Walking said:

I'm holding back too...Just like I did with HD-DVD's....Phew...

I chose HD-DVD to win that battle. Oops!

PJStatTracker

I would be a lot more tempted if the price included access to a library service with a ton of music available in the proper format. I ditched my CDs long ago, so there is just no way I will pay $400 and then have to re-build my music catalog at $2 per song.

Not until I hear it in action, at least.

mwplum

Wanted to impulsively buy one last night, I slept on it, and was still just as impulsive in the morning, so splurged for the Pearl Jam one!

pjsteelerfan

PJStatTracker said:

I would be a lot more tempted if the price included access to a library service with a ton of music available in the proper format. I ditched my CDs long ago, so there is just no way I will pay $400 and then have to re-build my music catalog at $2 per song.

Not until I hear it in action, at least.

Do you have to pay to upload your own music already onto it? I thought you could put anything you currently own on it.

CROJAM95

How does this pledging work?? I pledged $400 for pj pono... Then went back for the NY poster and now I'm under the impression they replaced the original with this $100 pledge.... Got a message that says It changed my pledge

The pj pledge I went thru with an amazon checkout.... The poster no

Anyone that can shed light on this? It's a lil confusing

jjflash

pdalowsky said:

Empty Glass said:

I seem to have so much money going out the door right now...these need to sell out before I pull the trigger and throw $400 down. Like someone said, I really need this right now and I really need PJ sigs on the side

fixed for ya

)

jjflash

mwplum said:

Wanted to impulsively buy one last night, I slept on it, and was still just as impulsive in the morning, so splurged for the Pearl Jam one!

+1

buck502000

Was there a PJ IPOD? What did that sell for and what's it worth?