[opendtv] Is this funny or what?
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 17:52:27 -0400
Some time ago, just when Linx seemed like it was on the verge
of marketing a promising new ATSC receiver, zap, all bets are
off when Linx gets sold to Micronas and the chip gets lost in
the maze, or so it seems.
Now, just as RCA was supposed to introduce a new set of
affordable ATSC integrated TVs this summer (announced this
past March), this article appears claiming Thomson (RCA brand)
is getting out of TV production entirely, including the
picture tube business. Gosh.
I was supposed to show Craig an integrated 27" ATSC SDTV,
listing for about $270, sometime this summer. Maybe he was
right in his skepticism.
However the press release is still showing up!
http://www.rca.com/content/viewdetail/1,2811,EI700692-CI258,00.html?
Speaking of picture tubes:
The next article shows Sony also getting out of the picture
tube business. So if there was still any doubt about what the
bread and butter TV display technology of the very near
future will be, I think the trend should be obvious by now.
Bert
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Thomson to exit TV production
K.C. Krishnadas
(06/28/2005 9:32 AM EDT)
URL: http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=3D164903326
BANGALORE, India - Thomson will reportedly sell its
remaining TV picture tubes business to India's Videocon.
According to a Reuters report, the deal means the French
company will exit television set production. Last year,
Videocon bought Thomson's television tube manufacturing
facility in Anagni, Italy.
The deal reportedly will be announced later this week,
and would mark Thomson's transition to a media and
entertainment company. The sale to Videocon, once a
well-known Indian consumer electronics manufacturer, is
expected to total about $240 million.
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LCD TV growth hits Sony jobs in Wales
Colin Holland
(06/30/2005 7:19 AM EDT)
URL: http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=3D164904155
LONDON - Sony is to close two South Wales manufacturing
facilities. The ceasing of CRT manufacturing in
Bridgend will result in 400 job losses with a further
250 job losses at the Pencoed TV assembly factory. A
workforce of 300 will be retained at Pencoed to focus
on production of circuited boards for flat-screen
televisions which are made in Barcelona and broadcast
cameras. It will also maintain its logistics and
customer support centre functions.
In January 300 staff were made redundant at the
Bridgend plant which Sony set up in 1973 and at their
peak more than 4,000 were employed at its two
factories. The Pencoed plant opened in 1992.
Sony has blamed the decision on spiralling consumer
demand for flat-screen televisions. Sony is also
closing a Spanish CRT manufacturing facility in
Barcelona and CRT production in Europe will now be
concentrated in Slovakia.
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