[opendtv] Re: PR: Majority of New HDTVs Powered By ATI
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:01:06 -0500
At 12:43 PM -0800 11/16/04, Dale Kelly wrote:
>
>Interesting. So Congressional/FCC action made the cable STB unprofitable and
>thereby moved that industry to propose DTV Plug and Play. Now I know the
>"rest of the story".
NOT EXACTLY.
The boxes are STILL profitable. Why else would the CE industry want
to get a shot at it?
The reality is that the cable industry has been protecting its
vendors from competition for more than a decade. ironically, many
integrated ATSC/Cable receivers will STILL need a STB from the cable
company, IF you want advanced services like VOD and PVR.
What this tells us is that even COngress has a tough time getting
industries to open up their monopolies to competitors.
Regards
Craig
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