[opendtv] Re: News: DTV Boxes Could Cost $1 Billion
- From: Bob Miller <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 00:54:47 -0400
Dale Kelly wrote:
>Tom Wrote:
>
>
>>A follow up here ... According to a recent AVS post this afternoon LG
>>CSR's are claiming the new LG 4200A STB's already are using the 5'th
>>generation chip.
>>
>>
>
>
>I see only the 3000 series on LG's Web page, no mention of the 4200 series.
>
>However, I did come across this very interesting press release indicating
>that
>a 5th Gen. base receiver will be available at Walmart before years end. It
>is
>constructed for USDTV but can be utilized as a standard DTV receiver without
>USDTV activation. Wonder how much $$?
>
>http://us.lge.com/AboutUs.do?myAction=detail&boardType=press&forwardPage=pressdetail&categoryId=01&seq=117&s0=3&s1=3&s2=1&s3=2
>
>USDTV Becomes First U.S. Company to Use Fifth-Generation 8-VSB Technology
>for Improved Reception in Urban and Rural Environments
>
>
>
>SALT LAKE CITY, July 20, 2004 -- U.S. Digital Television, Inc. (USDTV), a
>leading over-the-air subscription TV service, today announced a technology
>partnership with LG Electronics and LG Innotek to supply fifth-generation
>8-VSB chips and ATSC tuners for use in USDTV's set-top boxes.
>
>
>
>LG's advanced digital television (DTV) reception technology, developed and
>tested with its U.S. subsidiary, Zenith, is designed to significantly
>enhance terrestrial broadcast digital reception capacity and strengthen
>viewing potential in difficult reception areas, such as in apartments and
>urban areas. USDTV will begin to include the LG components in set-top-boxes
>planned for shipments beginning in Q4 of 2004.
>
It will be $200 or slightly more.
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