Craig Birkmaier wrote: >At 9:12 AM -0700 11/18/04, GerryK wrote: > > >>by late 2005, we will see that the integrated TV sets, with built-in >>features, >>will become the bulk of the consumer digital TV market >> >> > >If you say so... > >For sets larger than 36" the consumer may have no choice (because of >the FCC receiver mandates), especially if monitors sell for the same >price as integrated sets. If, however, monitors are cheaper, then I >suspect that you will be proven wrong. > >Regards >Craig > If they sell for the same price then the manufacturer is giving away the receiver. No brainer you take the receiver. The question is why would the manufacturer do that? What do they get in return that this makes sense? I understand that at some very low price it makes sense to just include an NTSC tuner then bother with having two different products but at current ATSC receiver prices I don't think that is a reality. Bob Miller ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.