[opendtv] Re: ATSC STBs

You have to first consider who the customer for an ATSC STB would  
be.  I can't say I really have an answer for that.  At first, it was  
the enthusiast/hobbiest.  That market would be pretty much saturated  
by now.  If I have a non-integrated HD-capable display today with no  
HD signal source, is an ATSC STB my best choice?  Probably not.  Who  
does that leave?  The person with a 27" display using NTSC off-air  
today?  How many is that?

I realise I'm "nobody" but I certainly did try to get the  
broadcasters on this list to get a jump on cable and offer and  
promote HD when cable was still in a "no HD" stance.  They could have  
drove demand for STBs at that time and I'm sure you'd see many more  
roof-top antenna today.  Sadly, many of them thought they had bigger  
fish to fry.

On 24-Feb-06, at 8:46 AM, Craig Birkmaier wrote:

> One more time. Maybe it will finally sink in...
>
> There is only a very tiny market for these products, and there are
> significant risks involved with the sale of these products. Bert
> seems to be focused on the CE vendors as the source of the drought,
> however, it is the CE retailers who are primarily responsible for the
> drought.
 
 
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