[opendtv] Re: How About Portable ATSC Receivers?

  • From: Mark Schubin <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 09:52:29 -0500

>>According to the Consumer Electronics Association, factory sales of
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>integrated 
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>>DTT sets and DTT STBs have been nearly identical (cumulative to the
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>end of 
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>>2004), about 1.5 million of each.
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>OK, that's interesting information. Perhaps I overstated my case. But I
>wonder, what are the sell-through numbers (i.e., sales to consumers as
>opposed to sales into the distribution channels)?
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I'd love to find out myself.

>And if those numbers are cumulative since day one of the DTV era, what
>are the recent trends?
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Clearly, the integrated is rising.  CEA reported factory sales of over a 
million digital-cable-ready TVs in 2004, alone, and each of those had 
ATSC-reception capability.

I would also suspect that the VAST majority of the STBs are 
satellite/ATSC combo units.

TTFN,
Mark

 
 
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