At 9:36 AM -0400 4/14/04, Tom Barry wrote: >That is probably true for casual viewing by a single individual. But >for shared viewing as a social experience there is a place for home >theater, in a special room set up for that purpose. For instance it >seems to be replacing the fireplace in many homes, including mine. > yup It's called venues of information and entertainment. I would add, that while most kitchens do not have cable drops, most bedrooms do. I seriously question the amount of personal viewing that is actually OTA viewing using a portable NTSC receiver. By the way, we have five TVs in our home, all connected to cable. There are times that at least four of them are in use, like the screen behind my back that I am listening to as I type. Regards Craig ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.