To me at least, the most likely scenario is that another large set-top vendor wanted to use the chip, but didn't want the competition from the chip's maker, so a deal was struck keeping LG out of the set-top market. On 13-Jan-05, at 1:20 PM, Dale Kelly wrote: > Unfortunately we did not learn what motivated this decision, one which > has > led to much diverse and interesting speculation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.