Bert, All I know is what Bob reported, which was the prototypes he tested last summer used front ends and 5th generation chipsets as supplied by LG for use by other manufacturers. Those commercially available modules did not perform up to the LG prototype (I will suspend using the moniker "cold fusion" in deference to Mark Schubin, but I think it still fits.) If LG had the front end problem solved as their prototype box demonstrated, why didn't they include these innovations in the tuner blocks they sell to other manufacturers? So has it been solved? Or merely demonstrated that whatever was different in the prototype front end is not economical in commercial quantities and price points? As the Tootsie Pop commercial so aptly put it: "The world may never know..." As for Zarlink, I'm sure the Welcome Mat is still out at the Schubin residence. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> > I think this is overstated, as you know. The problem was > solved, and I've only seen conjecture that the solution is > somehow too expensive. I think a good guess is that the > difference in the LG prototype was the tuner, yes? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.