[opendtv] Re: Zenith/LG NOT announcing new STB's based upon 5'th gen chip

  • From: Mark Schubin <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2005 18:14:56 -0500

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>
> 
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