>Are PVRs considered to be STBs? I expected that decision >to apply to the sort of bare bones STBs that will end up >being extremely price competitive. Not to PVRs. I agree. The PVR is an end product rather than an adjunct to the TV display. -----Original Message----- From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Manfredi, Albert E Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 3:00 PM To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [opendtv] Re: LG LST-3410A PVR Dale Kelly wrote: > Many months ago the N. American LG Marketing Manager > advised me that they had no plan to produce a 5th Gen > based STB; a fact that I reported to this forum. Are PVRs considered to be STBs? I expected that decision to apply to the sort of bare bones STBs that will end up being exteremely price competitive. Not to PVRs. If they include PVRs in the no-5th-gen decision, it's a bit like the 40 year old virgin. You have to ask yourself, "what are they saving it for?" <Sorry.> 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.