Sending again, didn't seem to arrive the first attempt--- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Kelly" <dalekelly@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 3:29 PM Subject: Re: [opendtv] Re: PR: Majority of New HDTVs Powered By ATI > GerryK wrote: >> another consideration that has not yet been mentioned is aesthetics - >> women hate wires, I responded: > And, they hate multiple Remote Controls possibly even more, at least in my > house. > The remote control for our Samsung 50" DLP is very versatile and controls > the rudimentary functions of several of our seven STB type devices but we > can't seem to get by with less than four remotes. Certain buttons on the > Samsung RC have multiple functions, depending on which box is under > control, to my wife's unending frustration! We now have this somewhat > under control after my writing a two page "how to" instruction set with > several revision and by numbering the RCs to lessen the confusion. > A true universal remote control is very desirable but clearly is not in > the cards, therefore these Wiring and RC issues might make a functionally > integrated TV set very attractive to many customers. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "GerryK" <gerryk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 10:34 AM > Subject: [opendtv] Re: PR: Majority of New HDTVs Powered By ATI > > >> Frank and "Bert" make really strong points about the >> Set Top Box versus integrated Digital TV set issues >> >> Frank is ultimately correct in stating that >> "it makes more sense for this to be a separate box than to be a part of >> the >> innards of their video display" > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.