[opendtv] Re: (No Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:30:37 -0400

  • From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 07:42:07 -0400

At 9:39 AM -0400 10/2/04, Bob Miller wrote:
>The "de facto receiver quality standards" as in all other products is a
>factor of word of mouth. With the Internet word of mouth is almost
>instantaneous. When real customers start comparing 5th gen with their
>fourth gen etc it won't take long. Who will be the early adopters of 5th
>gen receivers after all? Those who have problems with any current
>receiver and those with the worst problems first.

The number of consumers who already have an ATSC receiver is 
statistically very small. The percentage of these consumers who have 
the desire to upgrade to a better receiver is therefore even smaller. 
These "consumers" are most likely are people in the industry with 
more than casual interest in DTV reception. Bob may be right that 
they will be the first to line up and buy a 5th gen receiver, but 
they are statistically insignificant.

The most likely adopters of 5th gen receivers are people who are 
buying their first DTV receiver/display. By next summer, anyone 
buying a display that 36" or larger will be forced to buy an ATSC 
tuner, or a monitor with no tuners at all.

Regards
Craig
 
 
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