[opendtv] Re: Barriers eroding to LCD TV adoption

  • From: "Dale Kelly" <res0xtey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 09:30:31 -0700

> Dale Kelly wrote:
> > IMO, the value to Motorola in the announcement of such a low
> > price is to add
> > value to the Congressman's agenda of speeding the transition.

Bert Replied:
> For example, how can anyone go on insisting that built-in
> ATSC tuners must go on costing $200, when stand-alone boxes
> last Christmas cost that much? It's really bizarre.

That has never been my argument though I do think, that since the integrated
DTV receiver is the result of a mandate which does not have support in the
CE and retail communities, that the product might not closely follow a
typical successful products development cycle.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 6:43 AM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Barriers eroding to LCD TV adoption


> Dale Kelly wrote:
>
> > IMO, the value to Motorola in the announcement of such a low
> > price is to add
> > value to the Congressman's agenda of speeding the transition.
> > Motorola has
> > much to gain from product development for new services that
> > will utilize the returned spectrum.
>
> Motorola has much to gain from both the returned spectrum and
> from the tuner mandate/digital cable agreement. I really don't
> know how they can lose in this. The only thing I can't figure
> out is why so many folk seem so bent on pretending this
> particular single example of CE manufacturing evolution can't
> work like every other similar example. It's baffling.
>
> For example, how can anyone go on insisting that built-in
> ATSC tuners must go on costing $200, when stand-alone boxes
> last Christmas cost that much? It's really bizarre.
>
> Bert
>
>
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