[opendtv] 20041228 Twang's Tuesday Tribune (Mark's Monday Memo)
- From: "Mark Schubin" <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Multiple Addresses Suppressed" <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 23:50:20 -0500
- Follow-ups:
- ***The Technology Retreat***, January 26-28 (with a number of
earlier pre-retreat events), at the Marriott Rancho Las Palmas Resort,
Rancho Mirage, California -
- In the main program, Digital Vision AB algorithm specialist
Fredrik Lidberg is coming from Sweden to join Digital Vision (US) president
Hugh Heinsohn in their presentation on "Using Motion Compensation to
improve the performance of Grain & Noise Reduction & Image Enhancement
Algorithms."
- The demo area appears to have grown by at least Assimilate,
Cinea, and Scalable Displays.
- There are a few breakfast roundtable ideas being kicked around
regarding CableCARD issues, UWB issues, HD-perception issues, and use of
Varicam, but I have nothing firm to report at the moment. I welcome more
requests to moderate breakfast roundtables. If you're willing to start at
7:30 am and to forego sitting in on a different roundtable that day, I can
confirm you instantly.
- The complete schedule is available here:
<http://www.hpaonline.com/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=304>
- Why such a small blurb this week? The retreat is almost sold
out. So, if you're thinking of attending, REGISTER IMMEDIATELY! Don't say
you haven't been warned. And don't forget the separate registrations for
the stellar ATSC half-day seminar on getting PSIP right and Charles
Poynton's sure-to-be-enlightening all-new seminar on image acquisition,
both on Tuesday, January 25. Thank you. Happy New Year!
<http://www.hpaonline.com>
- How far to sit from an HDTV display - As expected, David Pogue got
quite a bit of response to his question in The New York Times:
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/23/technology/circuits/23POGUE-EMAIL.html>
Maybe that will be the subject of one of the breakfast roundtables at
***The Technology Retreat***, January 26-28 at Rancho Las Palmas Resort:
<http://www.hpaonline.com>
- Consumer surveys - Leading plasma-TV manufacturer Panasonic got Penn
Schoen & Berland to survey a thousand U.S. adults and found "the great
majority of consumers opted for plasma over LCD television." The survey
also found:
- 51% are confused.
- 60%, "after being educated," said they would choose plasma.
- 62% would host people at their homes for "special TV events" if
they had a plasma HDTV, and about half "felt their friends would be over
all the time if they owned one."
- More men than women want plasma TVs. 57% of married men said
they would let their wives "chose all vacation destinations for a year,
while 50% would let their in-laws visit as often as they wanted and 36%
would do all the household chores for a year" if their wives let them get a
plasma TV:
<http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?1003189>
<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041221/nytu029_1.html>
Speaking of plasma TVs, Nihon Keizai Shimbun has been reporting that
Sony will leave the plasma business as soon as this coming spring.
<http://www.eetimes.com/sys/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=55801305>
Sony says it "has absolutely no intention of abandoning our plasma
television business in the U.S. in 2005 or the foreseeable future." The
U.S. spokesperson could not comment on Sony plans outside the U.S. Some
reports say Sony is the number-two plasma TV maker (with 10% of the
market), behind Panasonic, but at least one report says Sony "has to source
all of its plasma panels from outside manufacturers":
<http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=716576
2>
Meanwhile, although sales of LCD TVs are growing wildly, prices are
falling so rapidly that Taiwan's manufacturers are losing money on them:
<http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20041221A2004.html>
Back to surveys, find out the latest figures on household penetration
of HDTVs and the like from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) at
***The Technology Retreat***, January 26-28 at Rancho Las Palmas Resort:
<http://www.hpaonline.com>
- Separating navigation from security in cable boxes - The National
Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) wants the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) to delay or eliminate the rule prohibiting
integrated digital boxes after June 2006; CEA wants it to stay. According
to what NCTA has told the FCC, the number of [presumably CableCARDs]
deployed has gone from zero to 10,000 recently. The FCC had said it would
rule on the issue by New Year's Day, but that seems unlikely at this point:
<http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=2608>
<http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/washpost/20041223/tc_washpost/a211
37_2004dec22>
The latest issue of Gary Merson's HDTV Insider Newsletter notes some
problems recording premium cable programming via CableCARD but no such
problems on the same cable system with a cable-operator-supplied set-top
box:
<http://www.hdtvinsider.com>
- The court order for the FCC to explain why it hasn't ruled on
Paxson's request for reconsideration of digital must carry - The FCC said
it already told broadcasters no, and Paxson hasn't shown why the court
should get involved. Paxson plans to provide an "enlightening" response.
The complete story requires a paid subscription:
<http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA489815.html?display=Breaking+New
s>
Want to learn the latest about all Washington doings affecting our
industries -- congressional, FCC, court, etc? Come to attorney Jim
Burger's annual Washington update at ***The Technology Retreat***, January
28:
<http://www.hpaonline.com>
- Blu-ray vs. HD DVD - After the HD DVD camp announced a single disk
that can combine red-laser DVD-player-readable material with blue-laser HD
DVD, JVC has announced the same for Blu-ray -- a single disk with a Blu-ray
layer and TWO DVD layers. JVC expects to be able to demonstrate two
Blu-ray layers and two DVD layers on the same disk:
<http://www.eetimes.com/sys/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=56200401>
- July 1 - I lost some of my notes for this week's ads, so I might be
missing a few items, especially from Gracious Home.
- This week I've listed 164 advertised TVs 36-inch or larger. Of
those, 38 (23%) have integrated DTT-reception capability.
- Sorry about the strange model numbers from some of the New York
stores. I suspect gray-market merchandise. All of the stores list NYC
Department of Consumer Affairs license numbers in their ads. Despite those
stores skewing the non-integrated percentage, there also seem to be more
non-integrated sets being advertised at the major retailers. It may be
year-end inventory clearance.
- See also the ads section for inexpensive non-integrated sets
that are HD and/or widescreen.
- TV sets that would require DTT-reception circuitry starting 2004:
- Sony Wega 36-inch TV @ Royal $549
- Sony Wega 36FS10 36-inch TV @ Empire $549
- Sony Wega 36FS10 36-inch TV @ Universal $599
- Sony 36S45 36-inch TV @ Universal $319
- Toshiba 36-inch TV @ Empire $259
- Toshiba 36E60 36-inch TV @ Broadway $269
- Toshiba 36E60 36-inch TV @ CEW $269
- Toshiba 36E60 36-inch TV @ Royal $298
- Toshiba 36H45 36-inch TV @ Universal $279
- RCA ZA46 46-inch projection TV @ Royal $397
- RCA 50929 50-inch projection TV @ Empire $399
- Toshiba 50-inch projection TV @ Broadway $449
- Toshiba 50-inch projection TV @ CEW $449
- Toshiba 50A60 50-inch projection TV @ Royal $428
- Zenith ZA50 50-inch projection TV @ Universal $409 DVD
- Samsung 5225N 52-inch projection TV @ Empire $999
- Sony 53-inch projection TV @ Broadway $498
- Sony 53-inch projection TV @ CEW $498
- Sony 53S65 projection TV @ Empire $499
- Sony 53S65 projection TV @ Royal $498
- Sony 53S65 projection TV @ Universal $519
- RCA 61-inch projection TV @ CEW $649
- Sony 61-inch projection TV @ Broadway $749
- Sony 61-inch projection TV @ CEW $749
- Sony 61S65 61-inch projection TV @ Empire $589
- Sony 61S75 61-inch projection TV @ Royal $598
- Sony 61S75 61-inch projection TV @ Universal $624 DVD
- Toshiba 61H60 61-inch projection TV @ Royal $618
- RCA 65-inch projection TV @ Broadway $789
- Sony 65S65 65-inch projection TV @ Royal $849
- Sony 65S75 65-inch projection TV @ Empire $799
- Sony 65S75 65-inch projection TV @ Universal $769
- Toshiba 65H65 65-inch projection TV @ Universal $689
- Toshiba 65HS50 65-inch projection TV @ Empire $649
DVD - price includes DVD player
- TV sets that would require DTT-reception circuitry starting 2005:
- Magnavox 27MS3404 27-inch TV @ Circuit City $199.99
- Mystery brand 27-inch TV @ Circuit City $149.99
- RCA 25-inch TV @ Royal $98
- Sony 27S45 27-inch TV @ Broadway $159
- Sony 27S45 27-inch TV @ CEW $159
- Sony 27S45 27-inch TV @ Empire $142
- Sony 27S45 27-inch TV @ Royal $144
- Sony 27S45 27-inch TV @ Universal $159
- Toshiba 27H10 27-inch TV @ Empire $129
- Toshiba 27H45 27-inch TV @ Universal $139
- Toshiba 27H50 27-inch TV @ Royal $139
- Panasonic CT32G19 32-inch TV @ Circuit City $237.99 AR
AR - price after mail-in rebate
- Devices that would require DTT-reception circuitry in 2007:
- "Famous Brand" 13-inch TV @ Broadway $49
- "Famous Brand" 13-inch TV @ CEW $49
- "Famous Brand" 13-inch TV @ Universal $49
- KLH KDT133UY 13-inch TV/DVD combo @ Best Buy $89.99 AR
- Sylvania 13-inch TV @ Fry's $49
- Toshiba 13A23/4 13-inch TV @ Best Buy $79.99
- "Famous Maker" 13-inch TV @ Royal $58
- ESA ET419E 19-inch TV @ Circuit City $79.99
- "Famous Brand" 19-inch TV @ Broadway $69
- "Famous Brand" 19-inch TV @ CEW $69
- "Famous Brand" 19-inch TV @ Universal $65
- "Famous Maker" 19-inch TV @ Royal $78
- Apex AT2008 20-inch TV @ CompUSA $79.99
- "Famous Brand" VCR @ Royal $34.99
- Allegro ABV411/DVC845E DVD/VCR combo @ Best Buy $59.99 AR
- Emerson EWD2004/2204 DVD/VCR combo @ Wal*Mart $79
- ESA DVD/VCR combo @ Circuit City $79.99 AR
- GoVideo DV2140 DVD/VCR combo @ J&R $89.99
- Magnavox MDV-560 DVD/VCR combo @ Target $99.99
- Sansui VRDVD4100A DVD/VCR combo @ Sears $89.99
- Centrios EDW8020 DVD recorder @ Circuit City $179.99 BS
- GoVideo R6740 DVD recorder @ Good Guys $149 AR
- Panasonic DMRE55S DVD-R/RAM recorder @ Circuit City $249.99 BS
- Sylvania SRDV495 VCR/DVD-recorder combo @ Sears $279.99
- Toshiba DR2 DVD-R/RAM/RW recorder @ J&R $249.99
AR - price after mail-in rebate
BS - price "before savings"
- Devices that would require dual DTT-reception circuitry in 2007:
- ESA EC720E 20-inch flat-screen TV/DVD/VCR combo @ Circuit $269.99
- Sylvania SRC2213W 13-inch TV/VCR combo @ Sears $99.99
- There's a story by Chris Buckley in today's New York Times
about problems between California-based Apex and its supplier in China,
Changhong. I thought these two sentences deserved mention in the July 1
section:
"Changhong's once close relationship with Apex apparently soured after
Apex announced it would no longer sell cathode-tube televisions 25 inches
or larger. It did so to avoid new Federal Communications Commission
requirements that larger televisions carry receivers for digital
broadcasts":
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/28/business/worldbusiness/28tele.html>
- May 1 -
- Neither the FCC nor the National Association of Broadcasters
(NAB) updated their lists this week.
- According to Doug Lung's RF Report, as of December 19 the FCC's
CDBS database listed 640 licensed U.S. DTT stations:
<http://www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/one.php?id=689>
- The FCC sent out a press release, not on its own site but via PR
Newswire. It says, "DTV is a revolutionary technology that is transforming
television as we know it. It is to our old TVs what CDs are to the old 45s
-- or what the microwave is to the conventional oven. DTV is movie quality
picture and sound plus loads of interactive capabilities. It's not just
television, it's much much more."
<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041221/nytu103_1.html>
So, does that mean DTV is the same as HDTV? Is DTV DTT? The FCC does
not require any DTT broadcaster to transmit resolution beyond that
comparable to what it is currently transmitting on its analog NTSC station.
Do you want to ask FCC-head Michael Powell's chief of staff about this?
You can -- at ***The Technology Retreat***, January 26 at Rancho Las Palmas
Resort:
<http://www.hpaonline.com>
- Department of Shouldn't-This-Have-Happened-Already: Almost ten years
after the U.S. standard for digital television was approved, MPEG LA, the
licensing association, has issued a call for patents essential to that
standard:
<http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=2612>
They're also calling for patents essential to the European DVB-H
standard for transmission to mobile devices:
<http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC
&newsId=20041222005573&ndmHsc=v2*A1103731200000*B1103843667000*C110381760000
0*DgroupByDate*J1*N1000001&newsLang=en&beanID=1802668732&viewID=news_view>
What does MPEG LA competitor Via Licensing think of this? Why not ask
them at ***The Technology Retreat***, January 26 at Rancho Las Palmas
Resort:
<http://www.hpaonline.com>
- DirecTV is adding Fox's east- and west-coast HD feeds. Subscribers to
the local-channels package in the 26 markets where there are Fox-owned
stations will get one of them free:
<http://www.worldscreen.com/newscurrent.php?filename=direct1222>
- WRAL, the first U.S. TV station to transmit a DTT signal, is now offering
its news, traffic, and weather to Sprint mobile-phone subscribers for a fee:
<http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=2613>
- The latest SCRI Insider Report offers a report on the HD activities at DV
Expo. Gaining access requires filling out a survey:
<http://www.scri.com/sub/sc_newscur.html>
- There's an interesting thread on the OpenDTV Forum about problems with
some U.S. DTT receivers when some stations tried to comply (perhaps
unsuccessfully) with new PID numbers. This URL is to the first message in
the thread (from someone who is an MPEG expert):
<//www.freelists.org/archives/opendtv/12-2004/msg00344.html>
What are stations doing about this? Ask them at ***The Technology
Retreat***, January 26 at the Rancho Las Palmas resort:
<http://www.hpaonline.com>
- Doug Lung's RF Report in TV Technology today offers his year-end take on
the DTV transition:
<http://www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/one.php?id=692>
He also comments on what may or may not happen with EVSB:
<http://www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/one.php?id=694>
And he comments on what he headlines "spectrum threats." "I believe
the big interference story in 2005 won't be BPL [broadband over power
lines] or unlicensed devices, but interference between TV stations as
stations increase DTV power to meet the July 2005 and July 2006 deadlines":
<http://www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/one.php?id=695>
- The New York Times' Circuits section on Thursday offers details on MTV's
44-foot Mitsubishi LED-based HD billboard in Times Square:
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/23/technology/circuits/23howw.html>
- International H/DTV news:
- It's not clear what is meant by "digital TVs," but, according to
South Korea's Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Energy, 15% of the
households in that country have them. Of those not planning to buy one,
56% were satisfied with their analog sets. 75% said analog could be shut
down when 75% could get digital-TV signals, which they estimated to be
around 2010:
<http://au.news.yahoo.com/041221/3/s9u2.html>
- Flat-panel TVs "are outstripping regular TV sales in the UK":
<http://www.advanced-television.com/2004/news_archive_2004/Dec20_Dec24.htm#f
lat>
- The latest list of Australian widescreen TVs shows 131 models from
15 brands starting at A$699 (US$544). Of those, 64 from 11 brands are HD,
starting at A$1599 (US$1244). Only 11 from four brands have DTT-reception
capability, starting at A$2248 (US$1749). Just one set was an HD DTT
model; it costs A$8999 (US$7003):
<http://www.widescreentv.info/products.html>
- Fudan Unversity in Shanghai says it has created China's first DTT
chip. It's for China's DMB-T standard:
<http://digitaltelevision.com/articles/article_860.shtml>
- Need I point out that ***Technology Retreat*** participants come
from all over the world? Learn about European and Japanese digital cinema.
See what the Swedes have come up with for motion compensation. Find out
about the sound post production for "Lord of the Rings" in New Zealand. BE
THERE!
<http://www.hpaonline.com>
- Warren Communications News reported Thursday that 1080p DLP TVs from
Samsung and Toshiba are to cost $700 more than comparable 720p sets. The
story is no longer on their site:
<http://www.warren-news.com/>
Learn the latest on consumer displays -- including everything shown at
next week's Consumer Electronics Show -- from consultant and writer Peter
Putman at ***The Technology Retreat***, January 27. You have been warned:
<http://www.hpaonline.com>
- Based on figures from CEA, sales to U.S. dealers of non-H/DTV television
sets for the first 48 weeks of 2004 were down 7.2% from the same period in
2003. My ten-week running average was down 12.5%.
Sales of so-called "Digital Televisions" for the 48th week were
128,849 units and for the first 48 weeks 4,054,815.
"Digital Televisions" (most of which are HDTV displays without
DTT-reception capability) accounted for about 15.8% of the TVs (not
counting plasma or direct-view LCD) sold to U.S. dealers through the 48th
week this year, a slight DROP from the previous two weeks. It may be worth
noting here what that means. About 84% of the non-plasma,
non-direct-view-LCD TVs sold through the 48th week this year were still
plain non-H/DTV direct-view TVs with picture tubes.
To qualify to CEA as a "Digital Television," a display need only be
capable of dealing with at least 480p; it need not be capable of either
receiving digital signals or displaying them. Devices actually capable of
receiving DTT signals are still a small fraction of those numbers.
- Ads for set-top DTT receivers: I am aware of only the one LG model at
Circuit City.
- The ads - Again, I lost some of my notes for this week's ads, so I might
be missing a few items, notably Dell's New York ads and Gracious Home.
Again, sorry about the strange model numbers from some of the New York
stores. I suspect gray-market merchandise. All of the stores list NYC
Department of Consumer Affairs license numbers in their ads.
Harvey had the JVC HMDH40000U D-VHS for just $399 but a BDI TV stand
for $795. A number of the models advertised this week were from earlier
years. There have been some amazing decreases in LCD prices. The Sharp
LC20B6US at Good Guys this week was at about half the price of last week.
Ken Crane's offered no sales tax on all non-Mitsubishi TVs.
- Best Buy (some HD disclaimers only):
- GE D52GW12 52-inch 16:9 projection TV $1099.99
- Mitsubishi WD-62525 62-inch 16:9 integrated projection DTV $3899.99
- Mitsubishi WS55315 55-inch 16:9 projection TV $1699.99
- Mitsubishi WS-65315 65-inch 16:9 projection TV $2199.99
- Pioneer PDP5041HD 50-inch 16:9 plasma TV $7199.99
- RCA HD50LPW162 50-inch 16:9 integrated DLP projection DTV $2599.99
- RCA HD61LPW162 61-inch 16:9 integrated DLP projection DTV $3099.99
- Samsung HL-P4663W 46-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV $2499.99
- Samsung SP-P4251 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $2599.99
- Samsung TX-P2670WH 26-inch 16:9 integr. CRT DTV w/$100 GC $649.99
- Sharp LC20B6US 20-inch 4:3 LCD direct-view TV $1049.99
- Sharp LC45GD4U 45-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $7699.99
- Sony KDF42WE655 42-inch wide integr. LCD proj. DTV $2499.99
- Toshiba 26HL84 26-inch widescreen LCD TV $2099.99
- Toshiba 42HP84 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $4299.99
- Westinghouse LTV-17VL 17-inch 5:4 LCD TV $449.99
GC - price includes gift card of the amount shown
- Broadway Computers & Electronics (am NY, no disclaimer):
- Panasonic 42-inch plasma TV $1899
- Sony 26-inch widescreen LCD TV w/Memory Stick slot $1699
- Circuit City (HD disclaimers only):
- Akai PT4299HD 42-inch 16:9 projection TV $999.99
- Apex AVL2776 27-inch widescreen LCD TV $1099.99
- Hitachi 32HDL51 32-inch integrated LCD photo-slot DTV $3799.99 IN
- Hitachi 42HDT51 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $4999.99 IN
- Hitachi 50V500 50-inch 16:9 LCD projection TV $2599.99
- LG LST-3510A ATSC receiver/DVD player $399.99
- LG RU23LZ21 23-inch widescreen direct-view LCD TV $1399.99
- LG RU42PZ61 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $3499.99 IN
- LG RU42PZ71 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $2599.99 IN
- LG RU44SZ63D 44-inch 16:9 projection TV $2299.99
- Magnavox 15MF170V 20-inch 4:3 LCD TV $449.99
- Magnavox 30MF200V 30-inch LCD TV $1799.99
- Panasonic PT47X54 47-inch 16:9 projection TV $1399.99
- Panasonic TC32LX20 32-inch widescreen LCD TV $2999.99 IN
- Panasonic TH37PD25U 37-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $2299.99 IN
- Panasonic TH42PX25U 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $4999.99 IN
- Panasonic TH50PX25U 50-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $6499.99 IN
- Philips 17PF8946 17-inch widescreen LCD TV $712.49
- RCA D52W20 52-inch 16:9 projection TV $1399.99
- Samsung HLP5085W 50-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV $3599.99
- Samsung LTP227W 22-inch widescreen direct-view LCD TV $1399.99
- Samsung LTP266W 26-inch widescreen direct-view LCD TV $1799.99
- Samsung SPP4251 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $2499.99 IN
- Sony KDE42XS955 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $4999.99
- Sony KDF42WE655 42-inch wide integr. LCD proj. DTV $2299.99
- Sony KDF50WE655 50-inch wide integr. LCD proj. DTV $2699.99
- Sony KDF55WF655 55-inch wide integr. LCD proj. DTV $2999.99
- Sony KDF60XS955 60-inch 16:9 integr. LCD proj. DTV $3699.99
- Sony KDL32XBR950 32-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $5499.99
- Sony KE42M1 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $3199.99
- Sony KP46WT520 46-inch 16:9 projection TV $1399.99
- Sony KV30HS420 30-inch 16:9 direct-view CRT TV $899.99
- Sony KV32HS420 32-inch 4:3 direct-view CRT TV $899.99
- Sony KV34HS420 34-inch 16:9 direct-view CRT TV $1499.99
- Sony KV36HS420 36-inch 4:3 direct-view CRT TV $1399.99
IN - price includes on-wall installation after mail-in rebate
- CompUSA (appropriate disclaimer):
- Audiovox FP-1520 15-inch 4:3 LCD TV $299.99
- Hitachi 42HDT50 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $3499.99
- Computers & Electronics Warehouse (Metro NY, no disclaimer):
- Panasonic 42-inch plasma TV $1899
- Sony 26-inch widescreen LCD TV w/Memory Stick slot $1699
- Dell (Los Angeles Times, no disclaimer):
- Dell 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $2299
- Dell 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $2999
- Empire Computers & Electronics (am New York, no disclaimer):
- Samsung SPP4251 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $1999
- Sony KF50WE610 50-inch 16:9 LCD projection TV $2299
- Sony KF60WE610 60-inch 16:9 LCD projection TV $2799
- Fry's (Los Angeles Times, no disclaimer):
- Mitsubishi WD-52525 52-inch 16:9 integrated projection DTV $3299
- Mitsubishi WS-55315 55-inch 16:9 projection TV $1499
- Mystery brand 27-inch widescreen LCD TV $899
- Toshiba 62HM84 62-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV $3399
- Good Guys (Los Angeles Times, appropriate disclaimers):
- Mitsubishi WS65613 65-inch 16:9 integrated projection DTV $1799
- Philips 34PW9819 34-inch 16:9 direct-view CRT TV $999
- Pioneer PDP4330HD 43-inch 16:9 plasma TV $3299
- Samsung HLN567W 56-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV $2499
- Sharp LC20B6US 20-inch 4:3 LCD direct-view TV $599
- Sony KF60WE610 60-inch 16:9 LCD projection TV $2699
- Great Indoors (Los Angeles Times, no disclaimer):
- Mitsubishi WD-52525 52-inch 16:9 integrated projection DTV $3499
- Mitsubishi WD-62525 62-inch 16:9 integrated projection DTV $4499
- Samsung HLN5063WX 50-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV $2999
- Samsung HLP4663W 46-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV $2999
- Sony KDF50WE655 50-inch wide integr. LCD proj. DTV $2999
- Toshiba 52HM84 52-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV $2999
- Toshiba 62HM84 62-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV $3699
- Harvey (New York Times, no disclaimer):
- Beovision 4 50-inch 16:9 plasma TV $9999
- Beovision Avant 30-inch TV $5899
- Fujitsu P42HHA30WS 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $4999
- Fujitsu P42VHA30WS 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $2999
- Fujitsu P50XHA30WS 50-inch 16:9 plasma TV $6999
- Fujitsu P50XHA40US 50-inch 16:9 plasma TV $7999
- Fujitsu P55XHA30WS 55-inch 16:9 plasma TV $9299 AR
- JVC HMDH40000U D-VHS recorder $399
- LG RU44SZ61D 44-inch 16:9 projection TV $1599
- LG RU52SZ61D 52-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV $2499
- Loewe Articos 55 55-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV w/stand $5999
- Marantz VP-12S3 DLP projector $9499
- Pioneer PRO1120HD 50-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $8099
- Runco PL50C 50-inch 16:9 plasma TV $4999
- Samsung HLN567W 56-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV $2999
- Samsung HLP5685 56-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV $4599
- Samsung HPN6339 63-inch 16:9 plasma TV $11,999
- Samsung LTN406W 40-inch 16:9 direct-view LCD TV $4999
- Samsung SPP4251 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $2429
- Sharp LC22SV6U 22-inch 16:9 LCD direct-view TV $899
- Sharp LC32G4U 32-inch LCD direct-view TV $2969
- Sony KDE50XBR950 50-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $9999
- Sony KE32TS2 32-inch 16:9 plasma TV $2499
AR - price after mail-in rebate
- HP (New York Times, no disclaimer):
- HP pl4245n 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $3999.99
- J&R (New York Times, no disclaimer):
- Akai LCT2660 26-inch widescreen LCD TV $1099.99
- Akai PDV42S10 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $1799.99
- Epson PowerLite S1 projector
- GoVideo T1530 15-inch 4:3 direct-view LCD TV $349.99
- Optoma EP739 projector and screen $1499.99
- Philips 15PF9945 15-inch 4:3 LCD TV $499.99
- Philips 42PF9966 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $3999.99
- Philips 42PF9996 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $6499.99
- Philips 62PL9774 62-inch LCoS projection TV $2499.99
- Samsung HLP4663W 46-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV $2299.99
- Sharp LC-26GD4U 26-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $2199.99
- Toshiba 62HM84 62-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV $2999.99
- Toshiba SD-P7000 17-inch 16:9 LCD/DVD combo $799.99
- Westinghouse W32001 20-inch 16:9 direct-view LCD TV $549.99
- Westinghouse W32701 27-inch 16:9 direct-view LCD TV $1099.99
- Westinghouse W33001 30-inch 16:9 direct-view LCD TV $1599.99
- J&R (Village Voice NY, no disclaimer necessary):
- Panasonic TH-42PX25U/P 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $3999.99
- Ken Crane's (Los Angeles Times, no disclaimer):
- LG RU42PZ61 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $3798
- LG RU-44Z661D [?] 44-inch widescreen projection TV $2498
- Mitsubishi WD52327 [?] 52-inch 16:9 projection TV $2998
- Mystery brand 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $1798
- Panasonic TH-42PD25UP 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $2998
- Panasonic TH-42PX25UP 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $5498 VD
- Pioneer PRO-1010HD 50-inch 16:9 plasma TV $6998
- Sony KDF-50WE655 50-inch wide integr. LCD proj. DTV $2998
- Zenith P42W34B 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $1998
VD - price includes VCR/DVD recorder
- Royal Computers & Electronics (am New York, no disclaimer):
- Mystery brand 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $1799
- Sears (Minneapolis Star Tribune, no disclaimer):
- Mitsubishi WD52525 52-inch 16:9 integrated projection DTV $3324.99
- Mitsubishi WD62525 62-inch 16:9 integrated projection DTV $4084.99
- Panasonic PT53X54 53-inch 16:9 CRT projection TV $1519.99
- Panasonic TH-37PD25UP 37-inch integrated 16:9 plasma DTV $2374.99
- Panasonic TH-42PD25UP 42-inch integrated 16:9 plasma DTV $2849.99
- Samsung HCP4241W 42-inch 16:9 projection TV $1099.99
- Samsung LTP1745 17-inch 4:3 direct-view LCD TV $664.99
- Soho Electric (New York Press, disclaimer for one model):
- Hitachi CMP-4202 42-inch plasma TV $2199
- Hitachi CMP-5202 50-inch plasma TV $4699
- Panasonic TH-42PW6 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $2099
- Panasonic TH-42PW7 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $2299.99
- Panasonic TH-50PW7 50-inch 16:9 plasma TV $4899.99
- Pioneer PDP-503CMX 50-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $4299
- Samsung PPM-42S3 42-inch plasma TV $2499.99
- Sony KDE-50XS955 50-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $5899.99
- Sony KF-42WE655 42-inch 16:9 LCD projection TV $2099
- Sony KF-50WE655 50-inch 16:9 LCD projection TV $2599.99
- Sony KF-60WE655 60-inch 16:9 LCD projection TV $3199.99
- Sony KLV-26HR1 26-inch direct-view LCD TV $1699.99
- Sony PFM-42M1 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $2299
- SVA 30-inch widescreen LCD TV $1399
- SVA HD4208UII-PDP 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $1899
- Ultimate Electronics (Minneapolis Star Tribune, HD IDs only):
- Magnavox 42MF7000 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $1988.95
- Mitsubishi WD52525 52-inch 16:9 integrated projection DTV $3499.95
- Mitsubishi WS55515 55-inch 16:9 integrated projection DTV $2199.95
- Mitsubishi WT42315 42-inch 16:9 CRT projection TV $1499.95
- Panasonic CT30WX54 30-inch 16:9 direct-view CRT TV $798.95
- Panasonic PT43LC14 43-inch LCD projection TV $1988.95
- Panasonic PT47WX34 47-inch 16:9 projection TV $988.95
- Panasonic TC20LA2 20-inch 4:3 LCD TV $799.95
- Philips 27PT8302 27-inch 4:3 CRT direct-view TV $488.95
- Philips 55PL9774 55-inch 16:9 LCoS projection TV $2499.95
- Samsung SPP4251 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $2699.95 BS
- Sharp LC26GA4U 26-inch widescreen LCD TV $1988.95
- Sony KP46WT520 46-inch 16:9 projection TV $1348.95
BS - price "before savings"
- Universal Computers & Electronics (Metro NY, no disclaimer):
- Dell 26-inch widescreen LCD TV $1229
- "Famous Makers" 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $1799
- Panasonic PT50DL54 50-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV $2399
- Panasonic PT60LC14 60-inch widescreen LCD projection TV $2599
- Video & Audio Center (Los Angeles Times, no disclaimer):
- LG DU-60PY10 60-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $12,997 BS
- LG RU42PX11 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $2497 BS
- LG RU52SZ30 52-inch 16:9 LCD projection TV $2197
- LG RU-52SZ61D 52-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV $2997 BS
- Mitsubishi WD-52525 52-inch 16:9 integrated projection DTV $3497
- Sharp LC-26GD6U 26-inch widescreen LCD TV $2697 BS
- Sharp LC-37GD6U 37-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $5497 BS
- Sony KDF-42WE655 42-inch wide integr. LCD proj. DTV $2497 BS
- Sony KF42WE610 42-inch 16:9 LCD projection TV $1997
BS - price "before savings"
- Wal*Mart (Minneapolis Star Tribune, appropriate disclaimer):
- RCA D52W19 52-inch 16:9 projection TV $1194
- DVD news:
- According to CEA, sales of DVD players to U.S. dealers for the first
48 weeks of 2004 were down 6.1% from the same period in 2003. My ten-week
running average was down 17.7%. VCR sales were down 64% for the first 48
weeks.
- Circuit City was advertising DVD movies for $4.99 each this week.
- Is DVD-purchasing taking over from traditional video rentals? A new
Adams Media Research report covers the issue. On the one hand, it finds
that video rentals have dropped more than 20% from their peak in 2001 --
15% in 2004, alone. On the other hand, traditional video rentals still
account for more than theatrical box office, pay-per-view, video-on-demand,
and sales of videocassettes and DVDs combined:
<http://www.adamsmediaresearch.com/Video%20Rental%202004.htm>
- The Hong Kong Consumer Electronics Chapter of the IEEE has issued a call
for papers for the International Symposium on Consumer Electronics in Macau
June 14-16. For information <eersbrad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>.
- Upcoming Dates (DTV and non-DTV):
- January 3-6, Las Vegas, IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking
Conference <http://www.ieee-ccnc.org/>.
- January 6-9, Las Vegas, Consumer Electronics Show
<http://www.cesweb.org/>.
- January 8-12, Las Vegas Convention Center, International Conference
on Consumer Electronics <http://www.icce.org/>.
- January 11-13, Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort, California,
SCTE Emerging Technologies Conference <http://et.scte.org/>.
- January 15, KABC, Los Angeles, STE VSB seminar
<http://www.ste-ca.org/>.
- January 25, Rancho Las Palmas Marriott, Rancho Mirage, California,
NABA Technical Committee meeting
<http://www.nabanet.com/calendar/default.asp?action=view&EventId=379>.
- ***January 26-28, Rancho Las Palmas Marriott, California, ***The
Technology Retreat*** <http://www.hpaonline.com>.
- January 28, Wokefield Park, England, International Association of
Broadcasting Manufacturers conference
<http://www.theiabm.org/index.cfm?RecordID=80>.
- January 30-February 2, Crowne Plaza Ravinia, Atlanta, SMPTE Advanced
Motion Imaging Conference and VidTrans
<http://www.smpte.org/conferences/vidsm.cfm>.
- February 17-19, Resort at Squaw Creek, Lake Tahoe, California, CEA
Summit <http://www.ce.org/events/event_info/default.asp?eventID=WS05>.
- February 21-22, New York and London, Collaborative Conferencing
Summit <http://sites.securemc.com/folder4073/>.
- February 25, 1750 K Street NW, Washington, D.C., ATSC Forum
<http://www.atsc.org/technicalmeetings.html>.
- March 7-11, Hyatt Regency San Antonio, Texas, CEA Winter Technology
& Standards Forum
<http://www.ce.org/events/event_info/default.asp?eventID=WTS05>.
- March 23, KQED, San Francisco, VSB seminar
<http://www.lns.com/sbe/archive/sbenov04.html>.
- March 28-31, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, SURA/VIDe
2005 <http://www.vide.net/conferences/spr2005/>.
- April 3-5, Moscone Center, San Francisco, NCTA: The National Show
<http://www.thenationalshow.com/ncta2005/ncta2005/public/enter.aspx>.
- *April 14-16, MGM Grand, Las Vegas, PBS Technology Conference
<https://secure.connect.pbs.org/conferences/technology/2005/>.
- April 16-21, Las Vegas Convention Center, NAB 2005
<http://www.nabshow.com/default.asp>.
- May 22-27, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, SID International
Symposium 2005 <http://www.sid.org/conf/sid2005/sid2005.html>.
- May 28-31, CCIB, Barcelona, 118th AES Convention
<http://www.aes.org/events/118/>.
- May 30-June 3, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Calgary,
SAIT/WABE Broadcast Training Seminar <wayne.watson@xxxxxxx>
<http://www.wabe.ca/>.
- June 4-10, Las Vegas Convention Center, Infocomm 2005
<http://www.sid.org/conf/sid2005/sid2005.html>.
- *June 14-16, Macau, IEEE International Symposium on Consumer
Electronics <http://www.ieee.org.hk/>
- June 28-30, Javits Convention Center, New York, Entertainment
Technology Alliance Summit <http://www.etaexpo.com/register.html>.
* - new or revised listing
TTFN,
Mark
PS Permission is granted to forward this or any other Monday Memo. Next
week's memo might be late.
Confused about something in the memo? Please first check out the second
post-script to the January 5 memo here:
<http://www.digitaltelevision.com/mondaymemo/mlist/frm02052.html>
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