I will try once again. The figures are NOT relative to the previous week. The figures are relative to the same period the previous YEAR. Thus, there is a steady deterioration in the rate of so-called "digital television" sales. There are fewer analog TVs sold this year, but the rate is not deteriorating. As I showed in my first response to you, if you took, say, a ten-week recent running average, you'd have a higher (yes, double digit) deterioration. Brinkley had no problem seeing this trend. I have no problem seeing this trend. You see it as noise. Have a nice evening. TTFN, Mark Manfredi, Albert E wrote: >Mark Schubin wrote: > > > >>But here are some year-to-date figures I am permitted >>to release for what CEA calls "digita television": >> >>Through the 43rd week - DOWN 1.3% >>Through the 42nd week - DOWN 0.4% >>Through the 41st week - UP 1.2 % >>Through the 40th week - UP 1.5% >>Through the 39th week - UP 2.9% >>Through the 38th week - UP 3.6% >>Through the 37th week - UP 4.4% >>Through the 36th week - UP 5.2% >>Through the 35th week - UP 5.6% >>Through the 34th week - UP 6.7% >> >>Do you not see a trend there? >> >> > >Yes, I see a single-percent-digit INCREASE for "digital TV" >products until the 42nd week, followed by a slight downturn >on the 42nd and 43rd weeks. Agreed? So not much change, week >to week, for sales of so-called "digital." > > > >>Well, here are the year-to-date numbers for analog for >>the same period. I'll use Brinkley's (and CEA's) figures >>without the combo sets, because those percentages are more >>readily available: >> >>Through the 43rd week - down 13.2% >>Through the 42nd week - down 12.5% >>Through the 41st week - down 12.3% >>Through the 40th week - down 12.3% >>Through the 39th week - down 12.7% >>Through the 38th week - down 12.6% >>Through the 37th week - down 12% >>Through the 36th week - down 12.3% >>Through the 35th week - down 13.5% >>Through the 34th week - down 13.6% >> >> > >And here I see a double-percent-digit, steady drop in sales >of analog sets, between 12 and 13.6 percent, from the 34th >through the 43rd week. A steady and significant erosion of >sales of analog sets. > > > >>Now, maybe you have some fascinating mathematical tool that >>will come to a different conclusion, and I eagerly await >>your sharing it with us. But, using simple arithmetic, >>I'd say "digital television" has been steadily declining >>over the past ten weeks, while analog, give or take a >>hiccup, has been roughly steady. >> >> > >Perhaps I don't understand what up and down mean. If "digital" >is steady, more or less, while analog goes down significantly, >one would expect analog to reach zero faster than digital? > >The year-to-date drop of digital by 1.7 percent, compared with >last year, seems to confirm this. The analog drop, compared to >last year at the same time, was much higher than 1.7 percent. >The analog drop was 23.4 percent. So what am I missing? > >Bert > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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. > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.