[opendtv] Re: Sirius Plans Video Service
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:08:00 -0500
At 12:00 PM -0500 1/5/05, John Shutt wrote:
>I guess there might be a market for mobile video. Oh how things could have
>been different had the United States adopted DVB-T...
>
http://www.ce.org/publications/books_references/digital_america/mobile/default.asp
All signs indicate that the family car is about to be swept up in the
multimedia revolution that already has transformed living rooms into
home theaters. CEA is seeing double-digit growth in factory unit
shipments of stand-alone mobile video screens, overhead monitors and
in-dash monitors (in some of the more advanced car audio head-units).
Unit shipments of in-vehicle DVD players (including single play and
multi-disc) were also up in 2003 - by a whopping 36 percent. Mobile
video is more than a good DVD movie. With a suitable head-unit and a
nice video screen, you can connect game consoles such as PlayStation
or Xbox or even watch satellite TV from the rear seat.
I suspect that this category grew at an even faster rate in 2004. My
daughter and her boyfriend did their part - one drop down LCD panel,
three headrest displays and a 16:9 screen in the audio head. When we
gave my daughter her new iBook with an 802.11G WiFi card, her first
question was whether it would be possible to access the Internet
while driving.,..
I am seeing car ads now that offer a free car theater system as an
incentive to buy certain models - particularly SUVs and mini vans.
And yesterday I saw a story about the re-emergence of an old market -
full size Vans and van conversions. I guess the demand is growing
for BIGGER "boxes" in order to justify putting HDTV into a vehicle.
;-)
Regards
Craig
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