[opendtv] Re: ATSC STBs
- From: John Golitsis <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 09:30:06 -0500
You have to first consider who the customer for an ATSC STB would
be. I can't say I really have an answer for that. At first, it was
the enthusiast/hobbiest. That market would be pretty much saturated
by now. If I have a non-integrated HD-capable display today with no
HD signal source, is an ATSC STB my best choice? Probably not. Who
does that leave? The person with a 27" display using NTSC off-air
today? How many is that?
I realise I'm "nobody" but I certainly did try to get the
broadcasters on this list to get a jump on cable and offer and
promote HD when cable was still in a "no HD" stance. They could have
drove demand for STBs at that time and I'm sure you'd see many more
roof-top antenna today. Sadly, many of them thought they had bigger
fish to fry.
On 24-Feb-06, at 8:46 AM, Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> One more time. Maybe it will finally sink in...
>
> There is only a very tiny market for these products, and there are
> significant risks involved with the sale of these products. Bert
> seems to be focused on the CE vendors as the source of the drought,
> however, it is the CE retailers who are primarily responsible for the
> drought.
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