Some french official sites mention a price of 50 euros for the basic DVB-T decoder. Right now, the cheapest one i've heard of is 79 euros. But then again, things are not supposed to start officially before the end of March. > Manfredi, Albert E wrote: > > >>>>> - Russian DTT - Itar-Tass offers an expanded >>>>>article that notes that decoders currently cost a >>>>>minimum of 10,000 rubles (US$356): >>>>> >>>>> >> >>> >>>A perfect opportunity for suggesting they switch to >>>ATSC, to make use of the much cheaper $50 5th gen >>>STBs from LG. Imagine the savings with ATSC!! >>> >>> > > That is an LG "promise" for 2007. I would not bet on it myself. But if > they can do it for $50 then (also needs a multimillion order and is > probably the most minimal receiver just for analog sets) DVB-T can do it > now. With a multimillion unit order and no sales or distribution expense > I think this would be very profitable now with DVB-T. Who knows what > they are talking about in Russia with that $356 number. > > Bob Miller > > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.