Thanks! TTFN, Mark Tom Barry wrote: >The following was posted on the AV Science Forum by Rich Peterson: >(see >http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=4950708#post4950708 >) > >Maybe not a good sign. > >- Tom > ><quote> >I spoke directly with company insiders from Korea. Their English was >very poor, but the message I got was that because of the tuner mandate >they see a shrinking market for STBs and also their sales of their >current line have been well below expectations. They repeatedly said >they had no plans for an STB with the 5th gen chip but it would be >showing up in all their new integrated sets and actually is available >now in their high-end plasma. I tried to point out that the owners of >the 9 million+ HDTV sets with no tuners made a pretty good potential >market, but communication was difficult. I also asked about USDTV and >the deal they had with them, but the folks I talked to weren't aware of >them or the deal they have with them. > >My impression is there is nothing wrong with the chip, but it is a >business case issue. ></quote> > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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. > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.