[opendtv] Re: UK DTV: 250,000 STBs a month

  • From: "Dale Kelly" <res0xtey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 10:16:10 -0700

Bert wrote:
> As I indicated previously, I don't think that
> focusing just on LG 5th gen is relevant.
>
> Aside from that, I'd say that "in US homes" doesn't
> matter that much. Those who have cared to install
> DTT to date have made it work.

Can you define your meaning of "who have cared to install"? I know, or know 
of, numerous relatively technically competent people who have given up on 
attempts to make reliable DTT installations. Many such failures were 
reported on this list. They would likely have been successful were 5th gen. 
product available.

I recall a recent post in which you postulated that the Zenith/LG product 
was not the only other available receiver with such performance specs and 
that others, such as Hitachi, Panasonic, Sony, etc, are building receivers 
that would be competitive. What evidence do you have to support this 
statement? Though I wish it were true, I'm skeptical.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "OpenDTV (E-mail)" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 12:45 PM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: UK DTV: 250,000 STBs a month


>> What proportion of the DTT receivers in U.S.
>> homes do you expect to be 5th-generation LG by
>> Christmas?
>
> Oh, sorry, "in US homes," you said. Not "on the store
> shelves."
>
> As I indicated previously, I don't think that
> focusing just on LG 5th gen is relevant.
>
> Aside from that, I'd say that "in US homes" doesn't
> matter that much. Those who have cared to install
> DTT to date have made it work. And, as everyone on
> here has said countless times, the penetration of
> DTT receivers in US homes is so far minuscule.
>
> So what really matters is what's going to be on the
> store shelves when the supposed big DTT promotion by
> broadcasters begins.
>
> Bert
>
>
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