I hope so, but Zenith, which had previously announced a proposed release of STBs with the 5th-generation chip this quarter, has been telling people they have no plans to release 5th-generation STBs anymore. TTFN, Mark Doug McDonald wrote: >Mark Schubin wrote: > > > >>Gentlemen: >> >>The 5th-generation LG chips ARE going to appear in integrated TVs. At >>CES, LG showed subassemblies from four manufacturers using the chip, >>including Thomson. What appears not to be happening is the use of the >>chip in a stand-alone receiving box. >> >> > > >They will appear in the stand alone boxes too, as soon as supplies >of the older chipped boxes are gone. Economies of scale, etc., will >mean that the newest chip always will supplant the older ones. > >Doug McDonald > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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. > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.