At 7:27 PM -0500 1/9/05, John Golitsis wrote: >This is just silly. LG may not release an STB with their chip, but >who's to say >someone else won't?? > A better question to ask is: Why would they bother? The most important customer for the 5th Gen LG chip is USDTV. No surprise here, as reliable reception of ATSC broadcasts is CRITICAL to their success. Can the same be said for ANY manufacturer of television receivers/monitors? For manufacturers of STBs to access cable or DBS services? Regards Craig ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.