$300 now leads one to believe that it will be sub $300 in short order. John Willkie -----Original Message----- From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Craig Birkmaier Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 3:58 PM To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [opendtv] Re: Barriers eroding to LCD TV adoption At 3:30 PM +0100 7/2/04, John Willkie wrote: >Sounds good to me. Wasn't it just last year that you pointed out a similar >price delta of close to $1K, and you were saying that it wouldn't come down >for many years? Uhhhhh. NO! I have been saying for several years that the price delta will be at least $300 for years to come. I was arguing against the notion that that delta would soon drop into the noise level. Others were saying that the added cost delta would soon be $50...that's barely enough to cover the cost of all the royalty payments. Am I surprised that the delta has now shrunk to only $300 on the cheapest models? Not really. This is the right territory for a basic implementation today. It is important to note that the delta is still much larger on higher end sets. Regards Craig ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.