[opendtv] Re: Analysis: Why the TV Market Has Been a Bust
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:00:42 -0600
Craig Birkmaier posted:
http://www.investorplace.com/2012/02/why-the-tv-market-has-been-a-bust-sne-shcay-pc-aapl/
It's not the TV market that "has been a bust." It's the Japanese TV
manufacturing companies. At the bottom of the article, it says the Korean
manufacturers are still going strong.
What's strange about that? What happened to Admiral, RCA, Magnavox, GE? Same
thing is happening now in Japan.
It's also true that analog TV was so pathetically out of date, that the switch
to HDTV was rather spectacular. Even people who, for whatever reasons, were
unable to appreciate just how bad analog TV was, were bowled over when they
finally saw the huge and crystal clear HDTVs. That, plus the new flat panel
form factor, made for a heck of a transition. It will be hard to replicate such
a revolution. I think the relative improvement offered by UHDTV will be less
overwhelming.
And too, what made HDTV work was that the FCC mandated it to fit in the same 6
MHz channel as analog TV. That mandate became reality, and that is what allowed
HDTV to become the new *TV standard for the masses*. Not some
choice-restricted, cost-prohibitive premium service for the few, as it had been
in its analog embryonic stage.
UHDTV, at this stage of the game, is much more similar to the analog versions
of HDTV, and it perhaps doesn't offer the wow factor besides?
Bert
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