[opendtv] 20050307 Mark's Monday Memo
- From: "Mark Schubin" <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Multiple Addresses Suppressed" <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 20:12:17 -0500
Here are some very efficient (low-administrative-cost) relief
organizations (all have four-star ratings from CharityNavigator.org):
<http://www.americares.org/>
<http://www.redcross.org/donate/donate.html>
<http://www.directrelief.org/index.html>
<http://www.hopeww.org/>
<http://www.mercycorps.org/splash/>
- Follow-ups:
- Microsoft and the cable-box security/navigation separation delay:
- Warren Communications News reported today that Microsoft seeks
only a one-year delay while the cable industry wants 18 months. The story
will be on the site only until tomorrow morning:
<http://www.warren-news.com/>
- Multi-algorithm decoders - Confirming what was discussed at the
compression panel at ***The Technology Retreat***, Broadcom announced at
the DVB World Conference last week that it will no longer develop
MPEG-2-only chips. New versions will be able also to deal with H.264 and
VC-1:
<http://www.eet.com/sys/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=60405194>
- Voom - What an ongoing story! In New York, it is now covered by
most of our major media because it involves (at least peripherally) six of
our major sports teams (the Giants, Knicks, Jets, Mets, Rangers, and
Yankees), our trains and subways, our upcoming mayoral race, two of our
major entertainment venues, the 2012 Olympics, the States of New Jersey and
New York, Time Warner, Fox, MSG Network, Cablevision, the New York skyline
and waterfront, a father/son battle, and more. Outside of New York:
- Most media are reporting the HD satellite service now has
46,000 subscribers (roughly 0.04% of U.S. television households). With a
loss of over $661 million last year, that's about $14,000 per subscriber
and counting:
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1773404,00.asp>
- Last week, the official Voom web site said only, "Voom has
ceased taking new customer orders and will shut down by the end of March."
This week, it's back to the normal promotional site, as though nothing had
happened:
<http://www.voom.com/>
- An alternative web site created by those wanting to save Voom,
which last week said it was under construction, now has the identical home
page as the Voom site:
http://www.voomllc.com/
- The Wall Street Journal reported today that Voom "assured"
Sears that the service will keep going (reported by Reuters via Yahoo):
<http://tinyurl.com/5lwsl>
- How did this turnaround happen? For one thing, Chuck Dolan,
who owns 75% of the shares of Voom parent Cablevision and who, unlike son
and Cablevision CEO James Dolan, believes in Voom, replaced a bunch of the
board of directors:
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/03/business/media/03cable.html>
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/04/business/media/04cable.html>
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/06/business/yourmoney/06dealbook.html>
- The new board met today (the URL is for Reuters via Yahoo).
The same story notes that Sears will continue to push the service:
<http://tinyurl.com/4efy9>
- Dolan's not the only believer. Newsday reported today on a
Fort Lauderdale couple, Todd and Nellie Carpenter, who put in a generator
so they could keep watching Voom even when hurricanes knock out power and
who wrote, "We will be with Voom until they pry the remote out of our
hands." But financial analysts are puzzled as to how the service, on its
way to being a being a billion dollars in debt, will make money. According
to analyst Craig Moffett at Sanford Bernstein, "Chuck Dolan sees some light
at the end of the Voom tunnel that is entirely lost on all of us on Wall
Street":
<http://tinyurl.com/4ylju>
- Here's a bit more:
<http://www.twice.com/article/CA507598?display=Breaking+News>
Stay tuned. It's not over yet.
- Over-the-air viewers - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Media Bureau issued a 24-page, easy-reading "Staff Report Concerning
Over-the-Air Broadcast Television Viewers" on February 28 (released March
1). It's refreshingly free of certainties but is otherwise chock full of
information:
- Estimates of the percentage of off-air-only households range
from 13% to 19%. According to one respondent, another nine million
households (roughly 9%) are satellite subscribers but rely exclusively on
off-air reception for broadcast channels (bringing the range up to 21% to
28% relying on antennas for reception of broadcast networks). It is also
said that 18 million cable and satellite households have at least one TV
relying exclusively on off-air reception.
- Well under two-percent of those off-air-only households watch
DTT (under one percent of the high end of the range). According to the
joint submission of the Association for Maximum Service Television (MSTV)
and the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), only 177,000
off-air-only households watched DTT via antenna as of a Knowledge
Networks/SRI spring 2004 survey (554,469 including off-air DTT viewing in
cable or satellite homes):
<http://www.nab.org/Newsroom/PressRel/Filings/OTAAtt81104.pdf>
- There is wild variation between markets. In ten markets
(including New York, Philadelphia, and Boston) representing more than 15%
of U.S. TV households, over 80% already subscribe to cable (not even
counting satellite). But, in 13 markets (including Dallas-Ft. Worth and
Salt Lake City) representing almost five percent of U.S. TV households,
fewer than half already subscribe to cable (and, even when satellite is
added, one of those markets stays below 50%). Disney's comments show
similar variation: 9.1% relying exclusively on off-air reception in the New
York market and 15.3% in the Los Angeles market. In the Palm Springs and
Parkersburg, West Virginia markets, only six percent rely on off-air
reception; in the Dallas-Ft. Worth, Minneapolis-St. Paul, and Salt Lake
City markets, it's 30%.
- Even in cable and satellite households, there may be some 30
million TVs relying on off-air reception.
- What does this mean from a policy standpoint? Again, the
report is refreshingly free of certainty, but it does offer a rationale for
one extreme of a date range. With the "tuner" mandate kicking in for most
TVs in 2007 and a 25-year TV-set lifetime, it offers (at one extreme) a
"natural retirement" analog-TV shutdown date of 2032:
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-257073A1.pdf>
For what it's worth, here's a story about why off-air reception might
be important even to cable and satellite subscribers:
<http://digitaltelevision.com/articles/article_877.shtml>
- July 1 -
- This week I've listed 118 advertised TVs 36-inch or larger. Of
those, 33 (28%) have integrated DTT-reception capability.
- 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 36S45 36-inch TV @ Universal $319
- Sony Wega 36-inch TV @ Royal $549
- Sony Wega 36FS10 36-inch TV @ Universal $519
- Sony Wega 36FS100 36-inch TV @ Empire $549.99
- Sony Wega 35sf100 36-inch TV @ CEW $549
- Toshiba 36E60 36-inch TV @ CEW $269
- Toshiba 36E60 36-inch TV @ Royal $298
- Toshiba 36H45 36-inch TV @ Universal $279
- Toshiba 36H50 36-inch TV @ Empire $259
- RCA ZA46 46-inch projection TV @ Royal $397
- RCA 50929 50-inch projection TV @ Empire $399
- Toshiba 50-inch projection TV @ CEW $449
- Toshiba 50A60 50-inch projection TV @ Royal $428
- Zenith ZA50 50-inch projection TV @ Universal $409 DV
- Sony 53-inch projection TV @ CEW $498
- Sony 53S65 53-inch projection TV @ Empire $499
- Sony 53S65 53-inch projection TV @ Royal $498
- Sony 53S65 53-inch projection TV @ Universal $519
- Zenith 53-inch projection TV @ CEW $449
- RCA 61-inch projection TV @ CEW $649
- 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 DV
- Toshiba 61H60 61-inch projection TV @ Royal $618
- Samsung 65-inch projection TV @ CEW $849
- Sony 65S65 65-inch projection TV @ Royal $739
- Sony 65S75 65-inch projection TV @ Empire $749
- Sony 65S75 65-inch projection TV @ Universal $769
- Toshiba 65H65 65-inch projection TV @ Universal $689
- Toshiba 65HS50 65-inch projection TV @ Empire $649
DV - price includes DVD player
- TV sets that would require DTT-reception circuitry starting 2005:
- RCA 25-inch TV @ Royal $98
- Mystery brand 27-inch TV @ Circuit City $161.99
- 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
- Sony Wega 27FS10 @ Royal $229
- Sony Wega 27FS10 @ Universal $239
- Sony Wega 27FS100 @ Empire $237.99
- Sony Wega 27sf100 @ CEW $219
- Toshiba 27H10 27-inch TV @ Empire $129
- Toshiba 27H45 27-inch TV @ Universal $139
- Toshiba 27H50 27-inch TV @ Royal $139
- Devices that would require DTT-reception circuitry in 2007:
- "Famous Brand" 13-inch TV @ CEW $49
- "Famous Brand" 13-inch TV @ Universal $49
- "Famous Maker" 13-inch TV @ Royal $58
- "Famous Brand" 19-inch TV @ CEW $69
- "Famous Brand" 19-inch TV @ Universal $65
- "Famous Maker" 19-inch TV @ Royal $78
- Magnavox 20MT133S 20-inch TV @ Circuit City $109.99
- Sylvania 6420FE 20-inch flat-screen TV @ Best Buy $119.99
- "Famous Brand" VCR @ Royal $29.99
- "Famous Maker" VCR @ Universal $29.98
- Mystery brand DVD/VCR combo @ CompUSA $49.99 AR
- Philips DVP620VR DVD/VCR combo @ J&R $99.99
- Samsung DVDV4600C DVD/VCR combo @ Circuit City $99.99
- Sylvania DVC845E DVD/VCR combo @ Best Buy $79.99
- Philips DVDR615 DVD+R/RW recorder @ Best Buy $229.99 AR
- WinBook PowerSpec MCE410 computer/TV @ WinBook $999 AR
AR - price after mail-in rebate
- Devices not covered by the mandate but using analog TV broadcasts:
- Sony D-FJ200 AM/FM/TV/weather CD portable @ J&R $64.99
- Sony D-NF400 AM/FM/TV/weather CD portable @ J&R $69.99
- Readers have asked how to get hold of some of the non-national
retailers, so look for their phone numbers at the bottom of the memo.
- May 1 - The FCC and NAB lists were not updated this week. Doug
Lung's RF Report notes that there were 673 licensed DTT stations in the FCC
CDBS database as of February 27:
<http://www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/one.php?id=775>
- Items 8 & 9 of a bizarre 14-item "Consent Agenda" (in addition to five
items that will be considered individually) at Thursday's FCC meeting
regard extensions of the May 1, 2002 deadline for commercial stations to
transmit DTT and the May 1, 2003 deadline for non-commercial stations,
respectively:
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-257183A1.pdf>
- <The House telecommunications subcommittee has scheduled a hearing
Thursday on "preparing customers for the end of the digital television
transition":
<http://www.tvweek.com/news.cms?newsId=7398>
- The Advanced Television System Committee's "DTV Hot Spot" at next month's
NAB convention (South Hall, upper lobby, where it was last year) will
feature the Advanced Common Application Platform (ACAP), Enhanced VSB
(E-VSB), the Programming Metadata Communication Protocol (PMCP), the
Software Data Download Service (SDDS), and the Program and System
Information Protocol for Terrestrial Broadcast and Cable (PSIP). Companies
demonstrating are Harris, Thales, Harmonic, Tri- Vision, ETRI, Zenith/LG,
APTS, Aircode, and Broadcast Data Corporation.
<http://www.atsc.org/news_information/press/2005/NAB2005.html>
- International H/DTV news:
- Canada's CBS began HD broadcasts last week:
<http://www.cdtv.ca/en/whatsnew/cbc-march5-05.htm>
This story covers HD in Canada (including a timeline):
<http://www.macleans.ca/culture/news/shownews.jsp?content=e030735A>
- Strategy Analytics says there were 3.7 million DTT households in
Europe in 2003 and 8.1 million in 2004:
<http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?1003288>
- BSkyB's HDTV satellite service is to use H.264 compression:
<http://www.eet.com/sys/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=60404901>
- The latest list from Digital Broadcasting Australia has 66 models of
DTT set-top receiver/decoders from 25 brands starting at A$149 ($118). Of
those 19 models from 14 brands are HD, starting at A$499 (US$396):
<http://www.dba.org.au/index.asp?sectionID=18>
- The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's second-channel multicast
went on the air today (this URL is for The Australian):
<http://tinyurl.com/6lwm2>
To make room, the ABC switched from 1080i at 14 Mbps to 576p at 8 Mbps
(although a correspondent says the 1080i was all upconverted anyway):
<http://www.dtvforum.info/index.php?showtopic=14798>
The new ABC2 also reportedly carries MHP 1.0.2 interactive TV
applications at around 800kbps.
- Previous announcements of UK analog cutoff dates have not yet been
firmed up, but the dates are to be set by the end of the year. Culture
Secretary Tessa Jowell said the government hadn't yet decided on whether
receivers would be subsidized, but taking way anyone's ability to watch TV
was "unthinkable." This story is from the Mirror:
<http://tinyurl.com/4omcd>
- A patent-infringement lawsuit filed by Lucent against Dolby Labs "could
materially impact" Dolby?s licensing business and "may seriously harm our
financial condition and results operations," according to a Dolby
prospectus. "Even if we prevail in this dispute, the litigation will be
expensive and time consuming and may distract our management from operating
our business."
Why the fuss? $211.4 million of Dolby's $289 million in fiscal 2004
revenue came from licensing. Dolby initially sued Lucent; Lucent sued back:
<http://www.twice.com/article/CA507767?display=Breaking+News>
Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3) has been included in the latest DVB
specifications:
<http://investor.dolby.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=157115>
- The AV Science Forum offers a list of available (and discontinued)
set-top DTT receiver/decoders:
<http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=179095>
- Consumer Reports has something interesting to say about ED vs. HD plasma
TVs (not that it hasn't been said before). "In our tests of 22 plasma TV
models, the best ED set looked just as good with HD content as the HD sets.
(One note: Sit closer than 8 feet away from an ED set and you're likely to
see individual pixels, making the image appear coarse)":
<http://www.dailybreeze.com/business/articles/1340602.html>
They also report CRTs are still viable. This URL is from the Asbury
Park Press:
<http://tinyurl.com/3upnq>
- In the next stage of LG's CRT slimming, a 32-inch tube is to be no more
than ten inches deep:
<http://www.strategiy.com/inews.asp?id=20050306233402>
- Samsung plans to show an 82-inch LCD at CeBIT in Hannover on Thursday.
The story also makes an interesting distinction. It defines "High
Definition (HD)" resolution as 1366 x 768 but "Full HD" as 1920 x 1080:
<http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050306/65054_1.html>
- I'm not permitted to release seventh-week CEA factory sales figures until
Friday. There are no big surprises.
- Ads for set-top DTT receivers: I'm aware of only the DirecTV model at
Best Buy and the DirecTV and LG models at Value Electronics.
- Ad confusions: Again, Soho Electric's ad seems to say the Samsung
HL-M437W is both DLP and LCD, lists it as 42-inch (it's 43) and says it has
"ATSC
(Digital)," though it seems not to include DTT reception. It is, in any
case, quite an old model. Take their listing of the Pixelview D5032 as
being integrated, therefore, with a grain of salt.
- The ads - Readers have asked how to get hold of some of the non-national
retailers, so look for their phone numbers at the bottom of the memo.
Harvey's eight-page ad supplement to Sunday's New York Times did not
offer any specific TV.
- Best Buy (HD disclaimers only):
- DirecTV H10 DirecTV/ATSC receiver/decoder $299
- LG DU-37LZ30 37-inch 16:9 integrated LCD DTV w/$300GC $3999.99
- LG DU-42PY10X 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV w/$300GC $4499.99
- LG RU-44SZ51D 44-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV w/$200GC $2299.99
- LG RU-52SZ51D 52-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV w/$200GC $2799.99
- [Maxent] MX-42VM10 42-inch widescreen plasma TV w/$100 GC $1799.99
- Mitsubishi WD-62525 62-inch 16:9 integr. proj. DTV w/$300GC & $130RC
$3999.99
- Panasonic TC-26LX20 26-inch widescreen LCD TV w/$100GC $1999.99
- Philips 17PF8946 17-inch widescreen LCD TV $599.99
- Pioneer PDP-5051HD 50-inch 16:9 integr. plasma DTV w/$500GC & $230RC
$6999.99
- RCA HD50LPW164/162 50-inch 16:9 integr. DLP proj. DTV w/$200GC &
$80RC $2499.99
- RCA HD61LPW164/162 61-inch 16:9 integr. DLP proj. DTV $2999.99
- Sony KDE37XS955 37-inch 16:9 integr. plasma DTV w/$400GC & $145RC
$4499.99
- Sony KP51WS520 51-inch 16:9 projection TV w/$100GC & $55RC $1699.99
- Sony KV30HS420 30-inch 16:9 direct-view CRT TV w/$50GC $999.99
- Sony KV32FS120 32-inch 4:3 direct-view CRT TV $599.99
- Toshiba 26HL84 26-inch widescreen LCD TV w/$100GC & $65RC $1999.99
- Toshiba 46H84 46-inch 16:9 projection TV w/$50GC & $45RC $1399.99
- Zenith P42W46X 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV w/$100GC & $65RC $1999.99
GC - price includes gift card of amount shown
RC - price includes "reward certificates" of amount shown
- Circuit City (HD IDs only):
- Audiovox FP1520 15-inch 4:3 LCD TV $349.99
- Hitachi 50VS810 50-inch 16:9 integrated LCD projection DTV $3149.99
- Hitachi 57F510 57-inch 16:9 CRT projection TV $1709.99
- LG DU37LZ30 37-inch 16:9 integrated LCD DTV $3599.99
- LG DU42PX12X 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $3149.99
- LG RU23LZ21 23-inch widescreen direct-view LCD TV $1349.99
- Magnavox 20MF200V 20-inch 4:3 LCD TV $599.99
- Panasonic TC32LX20 32-inch widescreen LCD TV $2699.99
- Panasonic TH37PD25U 37-inch integrated 16:9 plasma DTV $1999.99
- Panasonic TH42PX25U 42-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $4499.99
- Philips 26PW8402 26-inch 16:9 direct-view CRT TV $499.99
- Samsung HLP4663W 46-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV $2249.99
- Samsung SPP4251 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $2429.99
- Samsung TXP3064W 30-inch 16:9 direct-view CRT TV $719.99
- Sharp LC26GA5U 26-inch widescreen LCD TV $1619.99
- Sony KDF55WF655 55-inch 16:9 integrated LCD projection DTV $2969.99
- Sony KP46WT520 46-inch 16:9 projection TV $1349.99
- Sony KV32HS420 32-inch 4:3 direct-view CRT TV $899.99
- CompUSA (appropriate disclaimer):
- Epson PowerLite S1+ projector $799.99
- Mystery brand [Syntax] LT27HV 27-inch wide LCD TV $699.99 AR
- Mystery brand [Syntax] LT32HV 32-inch wide LCD TV $1699.99 AR
- Computers & Electronics Warehouse (am New York, no disclaimer):
- Panasonic 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $1499
- Samsung 42-inch plasma TV $1599
- Dell (Los Angeles Times, HD IDs only):
- Dell 19-inch widescreen LCD TV $799
- Dell 26-inch widescreen LCD TV $1399
- Dell 30-inch widescreen LCD TV $1899
- Dell 42-inch widescreen integrated plasma TV $2999
- Dell (New York Times, no disclaimer):
- Dell 2300MP projector $1499
- Dell W1900 19-inch widescreen LCD TV $749
- Dell W3000 30-inch widescreen LCD TV $2199
- Empire Computers & Electronics (am New York, no disclaimer):
- Samsung 5225N 52-inch 16:9 projection TV $1099
- Sony KF50[W]E610 50-inch 16:9 LCD projection TV $2299
- Epson (no disclaimer necessary):
- Epson 47-inch integrated projection DTV/printer w/CD-R/RW $2699 AR
- Epson 57-inch integrated projection DTV/printer w/CD-R/RW $3199 AR
AR - price after mail-in rebate
- Fry's (Los Angeles Times, no disclaimer):
- "Major Name Brand" 52-inch widescreen projection TV $999
- Mitsubishi WD-52525 52-inch 16:9 integrated projection DTV $2699
- Sony KDF-42WE655 42-inch 16:9 integrated LCD projection DTV $2199
- Toshiba 52HM84 52-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV $2199
- Good Guys (Los Angeles Times, appropriate disclaimers):
- HP PL4245N 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV w/$300GC $3999
- Mitsubishi WD-52525 52-inch 16:9 integr. proj. DTV w/$300GC $3199
- Pioneer PRO810HD 43-inch 16:9 plasma TV w/$300GC $4999
- Pioneer PRO920HD 43-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV w/$500GC $6499
- Sharp LC32GA5U 32-inch LCD direct-view TV w/$200GC $2699
- Sony KDF42WE655 42-inch 16:9 integr. LCD proj. DTV w/$200GC $2499
- Zenith P42W46X 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV w/$100GC $1999
GC - price includes gift card
- Howard's (Los Angeles Times, no disclaimer):
- Panasonic TH37PD25UP 37-inch integrated 16:9 plasma DTV $2199
- Panasonic TH50PX25UP 50-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $5799
- Philips 42PF9936 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $2399
- Philips 42PF9966 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $3999
- Sony KE32TS2 32-inch 16:9 plasma TV $2399
- Toshiba 42HP84 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $3999
- J&R (am New York, no disclaimer):
- JVC HD52Z575 52-inch widescreen D-ILA projection TV $2699.99
- Panasonic TC-17LA2 17-inch 4:3 LCD TV $649.99
- Samsung HLP-5085W 50-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV $2999.99
- Samsung HPP5071 50-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $4999.99
- Sony KDL-42XBR950 42-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $7999.99
- J&R (New York Times, no disclaimer):
- Akai LCT2660 26-inch widescreen LCD TV $999.99
- Akai PDV42S10 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $1799.99
- Epson PowerLite S1+ projector $699.99
- JVC LT23X475 23-inch widescreen direct-view LCD TV $1199.99
- JVC LT32X575 32-inch widescreen direct-view LCD TV $2599.99
- Panasonic TC-17LA2 17-inch 4:3 LCD TV $649.99
- Philips 15PF9945 15-inch 4:3 LCD TV $499.99
- Philips 30PF9946D 30-inch widescreen direct-view LCD TV $1699.99
- Philips 50PF9966 50-inch 16:9 plasma TV $5499.99
- Samsung TXP3275HD 32-inch 4:3 integrated direct-view CRT DTV $699.99
- Toshiba 42HP84 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $3499.99
- Westinghouse W32001 20-inch 4:3 direct-view LCD TV $549.99
- Westinghouse W33001 30-inch 16:9 direct-view LCD TV $1499.99
- J&R (Village Voice, no disclaimer necessary):
- Sony KDL-42XBR950 42-inch widescreen integrated LCD DTV $7999.99
- P.C. Richard (am New York, HD disclaimer only):
- JVC LT26X575 26-inch widescreen direct-view LCD TV $1488.97
- ProView MH462SU 46-inch 16:9 plasma TV $1999.97
- Royal Computers and Electronics (am New York, no disclaimer):
- Mystery brand 42-inch flat-panel TV $1699
- Sears (Minneapolis Star Tribune, no disclaimer):
- Mitsubishi WD52525 52-inch 16:9 integrated projection DTV $3039.99
- Mitsubishi WS55315 55-inch 16:9 projection TV $1709.99
- Mitsubishi WS65515 65-inch 16:9 integrated projection DTV $2374.99
- Panasonic PT50LC14 50-inch LCD projection TV $2374.99
- Panasonic TH37PD25UP 37-inch integrated 16:9 plasma DTV $2374.99
- Soho Electric (New York Press, no disclaimer):
- Hitachi CMP-4202 42-inch plasma TV $2499
- Hitachi CMP-5202 50-inch plasma TV $4699
- LG MU-42PM11 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $1799
- LG RU-42PX11 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $2499.99
- Panasonic TH-42PW6 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $1899
- Panasonic TH-42PWD7 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $2299.99
- Panasonic TH-50PWD7 50-inch 16:9 plasma TV $4899.99
- Pixelview D5032 50-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $3499
- Samsung HL-M437W 42-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV $1799
- Samsung HL-P5085 50-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV $2799.99
- Samsung LTP1545 15-inch 4:3 direct-view LCD TV $399
- Samsung LTP1745 17-inch 4:3 direct-view LCD TV $499
- Samsung LTP2045 20-inch 4:3 direct-view LCD TV $549
- Sharp LC-13B4U 13-inch 4:3 LCD direct-view TV $399.99
- Sharp LC-15B4U 15-inch 4:3 LCD direct-view TV $499.99
- Sharp LC-20B4 20-inch 4:3 LCD direct-view TV $799
- Sharp LC-26A4U 26-inch widescreen LCD TV $1499.99
- Sharp LC-30HV4U 30-inch 16:9 LCD direct-view TV $1899.99
- Sharp LC-37G4U 37-inch widescreen LCD direct-view TV $3299
- Sony KDE-50XS955 50-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $5899.99
- Sony KLV-26HR1 23-inch direct-view LCD TV $1699.99
- Sony PFM-42M1 42-inch plasma TV $2299
- Sony PFM-42U1 42-inch plasma TV $1499
- Universal Computers & Electronics (am New York, no disclaimer):
- Panasonic 37-inch flat-panel TV $1599
- Samsung 42-inch flat-panel TV $1499
- Sony 42-inch flat-panel TV $1899
- Value Electronics (New York Times, no disclaimer):
- DirecTV HR10-250 ATSC/DirecTV receiver/PVR
- LG DU-60PY10 60-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $11,999
- LG LST-3410A ATSC receiver/PVR $699
- LG LST-4200A ATSC/NTSC/clear-QAM receiver/decoder $279
- LG MW-71PY10 71-inch widescreen plasma TV $75,000
- LG RU-42PX11 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $2299
- LG RU-42PZ61 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $3799
- LG RU-50PZ61 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $4999
- Video & Audio Center (Los Angeles Times, no disclaimer):
- LG RU42PX11 42-inch 16:9 plasma TV $2297 BS
- Panasonic TH50PX25UP 50-inch 16:9 integrated plasma DTV $4997
- Pioneer PDP504HD 50-inch 16:9 plasma TV $5497
- Samsung HLP4663W 46-inch 16:9 DLP projection TV $1997
- Sony KF60WE610 60-inch 16:9 LCD projection TV $3297
BS - price "before savings"
- WinBook (New York Times, no disclaimer):
- WinBook 30-inch widescreen LCD TV $999 AR
AR - price after mail-in rebate
- The FCC has released the agenda for its March 21 satellite forum:
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-257223A1.pdf>
- DVD news:
- I'm not permitted to release CEA seventh-week factory sales figures
until Friday. There are no big surprises.
- CompUSA advertised DVD-R or DVD+R media for $19.99 per hundred disks
and offered 10% off even that price.
- DVR news: Strategy Analytics reports the following penetration figures
(in thousands) for DVRs worldwide:
- 2003 2004
129 341 Asia-Pacific
330 852 Europe
0 0 Latin America
4516 9243 North America:
<http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?1003288>
- Howard Stringer, the first non-Japanese person to head Sony, replaces
Nobuyuki Idei, the first non-engineer to do so:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/07/business/worldbusiness/07sony.html
- Broadcasting & Cable reports bipartisan legislation introduced by
Senators Ron Wyden and Jim Talent to provide tax credits for consumers,
retailers, recyclers, and manufacturers for recycling old TVs (and computer
monitors). The full story requires a paid subscription:
< http://tinyurl.com/47yzd>
- Upcoming Dates (DTV and non-DTV):
- Through March 11, Hyatt Regency San Antonio, Texas, CEA Winter
Technology & Standards Forum
<http://www.ce.org/events/event_info/default.asp?eventID=WTS05>.
- *March 8-9, Sydney Novotel Century, Industry Standard Toolbox
<http://www.regonow.com/sony/toolbox/index.cfm>.
- *March 8-10, Dubai International Exhibition Centre, CABSAT 2005
<http://www.cabsat.com/>.
- *March 9, 305 East 46 Street, New York, auction of post-production
equipment of Image Group, inspection March 7 & 8
<http://www,josephfinn.com>.
- *March 10-16, Hannover, CeBIT <http://www.cebit.de/homepage_e?x=1>.
- March 14-16, Hyatt Grand Champions, Indian Wells, California, 35th
Annual Recording Media Forum
<http://www.recordingmedia.org/Conferences/forum2005/index.html>.
- March 14-17, Bally's/Paris, Las Vegas, ShoWest
<http://www.cinemaexpo.com/filmgroup/showest/index.jsp>.
- March 15, Washington (D.C.) Convention Center, CEA HDTV Summit
<http://www.ce.org/events/event_info/default.asp?eventID=HDTV05>.
- March 16, Washington (D.C.) Convention Center, IP & Creativity:
Redefining the Issue
<http://www.ce.org/events/event_info/schedule.asp?eventID=IP05>.
- March 21, FCC, Washington, D.C., Satellite Forum
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-05-314A1.pdf>
- 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://infocomm05.expoexchange.com/>.
- *June 13-16, Singapore Expo, BroadcastAsia 2005 (including SMPTE
DC28 meeting) <http://www.broadcast-asia.com/Conference.html>.
- June 14-16, Macau, IEEE International Symposium on Consumer
Electronics <http://www.ieee.org.hk/>
- June 27-30, Amsterdam RAI, Cinema Expo
<http://www.vnufilmgroup.com/filmgroup/cinemaexpo/index.jsp>.
- June 28-30, Javits Convention Center, New York, Entertainment
Technology Alliance Summit <http://www.etaexpo.com/register.html>.
- *July 19-21, Sydney Convention Centre, SMPTE 2005
<http://www.smpte.com.au/home.php>.
- October 24-27, Orlando World Center Marriott, ShowEast
<http://www.vnufilmgroup.com/filmgroup/showeast/index.jsp>.
* - 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.
Phone numbers of some retailers mentioned (the ones starting +1 will work
from outside the United States):
- Computers & Electronics Warehouse: +1-718-205-2288
- Empire Computers & Electronics: +1-718-272-6262
- J&R: +1-212-238-9000, 800-221-8180
- P.C. Richard: +1-212-979-2600
- Royal Computers and Electronics: +1-718-646-2100
- Soho Electric: +1-212-941-8533, 888-726-9324
- Universal Computers & Electronics: +1-718-784-8000
- Value Electronics: +1-914-723-3344, 800-789-5050
Have a question about the memo? Before contacting me, please try the FAQs
and glossary in the second postscript to the January 10 memo:
<http://www.digitaltelevision.com/mondaymemo/mlist/frm02163.html>
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