Dale Kelly wrote: >> CEA FORECASTS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS REVENUE WILL SURPASS $155 >> BILLION IN 2007 >> >> Thibodeaux said the display category will >> continue to fuel industry growth in 2007. "The TV >> market is setting all-time revenue records. >> CRT-based sets are giving way to flat panel >> displays. The successful ongoing transition to >> digital television is driving demand in this >> market space." > > CEA, the real beneficiary of the DTV conversion and very much > as planned. Dale, you cynic. This is not anything being forced down the throats of consumers. This is called pent-up demand, from way too many decades of dismally retro television standards, when compared with everything else that has been available to consumers in electronic toys. I agree that the CEA are one big beneficiary and that they created this new technology via processes like the ATSC. But, having waited patiently for HDTV to materialize since 1986, and for LCD TVs to grow in size ever since I saw the first tiny 2" screen one, and having wondered since childhood in the 1950s why TV had to be so technically inferior, I say, "It's about damned time!" Consumers definitely benefit. And we won't be laughed out of the solar system for having such ancient TVs, if the Martians come to visit. 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.