[opendtv] Re: One Out of Every Four Sets Sold In 2004 Will Be An HDTV
- From: Cliff Benham <cbenham@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:42:06 -0400
COOL!!!
If I turn the H.hold knob on my 1949 7 inch Admiral with electrostatic
deflection,
it locks up to 480p perfectly and that makes it
A DTV!!!!!!
Mark Schubin wrote:
>Without meaning to disparage the future of HD in any way (I firmly
>believe that eventually essentially ALL TVs will be HD), I would like to
>point out a couple of things about the CEA figures:
>
>1. They are not counting receivers; just displays.
>2. For CEA to count a display as "DTV" it need only be capable of
>dealing with 480p. If an NTSC TV has its horizontal scanning circuitry
>modified to deal with a 31.5 kHz line rate instead of 15.75, I believe
>CEA will count it as DTV.
>
>TTFN,
>Mark
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>John Golitsis wrote:
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>>Niche I say! NICHE!!
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>>CUMULATIVE SALES TOP 11.7 MILLION UNITS
>>One Out of Every Four Sets Sold In 2004 Will Be An HDTV
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>>Arlington, Va., August 25, 2004 - Manufacturer-to-dealer sales of digital
>>television (DTV) products continued to soar during the first half of 2004,
>>reaching 2.8 million units and dollar revenues of more than $2.7 billion,
>>according to figures released today by the Consumer Electronics Association
>>(CEA).
>>
>>"DTV sales have now reached a total of 11.7 million units since market
>>introduction in 1998 and most of those sales have occurred during the past two
>>years," said Sean Wargo, senior industry analyst for CEA. "With high
>>definition
>>(HDTV) products constituting the vast majority of total sales, these figures
>>show how quickly consumers are responding to the continued increase in the
>>amount of quality HDTV programming, such as the Summer Olympics. In fact, 1
>>out
>>of 4 televisions purchased this year will be an HDTV."
>>
>>CEA also reported that DTV sales during the first half of 2004 are up 80
>>percent
>>compared to 1.5 million units sold in the same time period last year. CEA
>>defines DTV products as integrated sets and monitors displaying active
>>vertical
>>scanning lines of at least 480p and, in the case of integrated sets, receiving
>>and decoding Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) terrestrial digital
>>broadcasts.
>>
>>Data cited in this release is available for purchase through CEA's Market
>>Activity Reports and Analysis (MARA) program. With more than 500 reports
>>published annually, the MARA program is recognized as the "authoritative
>>source"
>>for data on the consumer electronics industry. For a list of available reports
>>and purchasing information, visit www.eBrain.org/mara or send an e-mail
>>request
>>to info@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
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