[opendtv] Re: 050615 Wolfsson's Wednesday Words (Mark's Monday Memo)
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 18:00:03 -0400
> First, let me quibble with "expensive."
This reminded me of a recent press release from RCA.
If you go to the best buy web site and look at the
list of 27" regular old TVs, other than the one or
two oddball sets at prices below $200, what you'll
see is several available in the range from the low
$200s, most seem to be at around $270, and on up to
well over $300. That's today.
With that in mind, this press release puts the built
in receiver cost in perspective, ca. 2005.
http://www.rca.com/content/viewdetail/1,2811,EI700692-CI258,00.html?
The pertinent section being:
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INDIANAPOLIS, March 14, 2005
...
Seven RCA brand direct-view models in 27- and
32-inch screen sizes will comprise the SDTV line-up
with availability starting this summer. The SDTV
models incorporate a built-in over-the-air ATSC
tuner/decoder that will receive and display any of
the 18 different digital TV formats and deliver DVD
viewing quality for digital terrestrial broadcasts.
The new SDTV models feature 5-channel favorite
program listings in most models, a 5-brand graphic
equalizer in select models, comb filters to minimize
'edge crawls' and other picture distortions, and
component inputs. The new models will be available in
both flat-screen and standard color TV picture tube
formats.
SDTV models in the 27-inch screen size will be
available at suggested retail prices below $300 while
32-inch models will start at suggested retail prices
under $400.
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My contention is, the price of the built-in receiver
even as early as the next few months, going by this
press release, is already noise level compared with
today's TV sets of the same size. Certainly there's
no apparent $100 premium, whatever the extra price
is. And as we all know, with CE gear, this can only
go down in time.
Bert
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