So, there is no way this is going to happen, and no historical precedent for such sales. Any clue as to what the CEA answer would be to such a situation? Does the Hill know how to do this math? At 07:28 PM 10/9/2005 -0400, you wrote: >Stephen W. Long wrote: > >>Maybe Mark knows the >>answer to the next question - given the consumer desire to buy a "must >>have" product (say, DVD when it really took off), what is the largest >>number of electronics units sold per year in recent history for "must have" >>units? >> > >The biggest number I can find in the CEA report is sales to U.S. dealers >of wireless phones: >70.5 million in 2003 >79.7 million estimated (in January 2005) in 2004 >89.2 million projected (in January 2005) for 2005 > >Nothing in video/TV comes close. > >TTFN, >Mark > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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.