[opendtv] Re: News: No End in Sight to Supply of Cheap TV's
- From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 10:16:14 -0800
So, when I pay $75 to have somebody "look" at a problem electronic child,
the majority of the cost goes to IC holders?
(you tried to change the argument; I noticed.)
John Willkie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Birkmaier" <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 9:33 AM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: News: No End in Sight to Supply of Cheap TV's
> At 11:42 AM -0500 1/5/05, Mark Schubin wrote:
> > >For tuners and decoders built into the display cabinet,
> >>in principle, the cost impact could be minimal. Encase
> >>whatever needs to be physically protected in epoxy,
> >>
> >There goes any possibility of maintenance.
>
> Yup.
>
> But that's not where the cost is.
>
> The cost is in the components and the licenses for the technology
> that is used to protect the signals, and this is no different for a
> STB or integrated receiver.
>
> For example:
>
> http://www.dtcp.com/
>
> Regards
> Craig
>
>
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