[opendtv] Re: Zenith/LG NOT announcing new STB's based upon 5'th gen chip
- From: Bob Miller <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 15:03:01 -0500
Its about having the tools to please your customers. If the tools you
are restricted to using don't work well what do you do? Drag your feet,
concentrate on other more promising things like used car sales, limit
production, don't advertise, don't train sales people, put out
misleading or false information, hide receivers on the bottom shelf.
In may case in 2002 when I visited Harvey's, an upscale electronics
dealer, and I pressed the issue of wanting an OTA receiver the salesman
introduced me to the store manager who informed me I would have to sign
that I understood that this receiver probably would not work and could
not be returned. Even then they didn't have it in stock.
A business plan that everyone can get excited about. Even what I think
is a very weak plan, USDTV, get a lot of interest and generated a lot of
excitement when you add news of the 5th gen receiver to the story.
Few customers care about business plans, I agree. Did I suggest they did
somewhere?
The question is can you make a business that relies on consumers using
8-VSB receivers pre 5th generation? I don't think so and I don't think
anyone in the food chain has thought so till recently with the advent of
the 5th gen tech. You can't please customers and make a profit with
8-VSB so far that seems to be the consensus.
Bob Miller
John Willkie wrote:
>I'm having trouble parsing your thoughts. Like "business plans that
>broadcasters, manufacturers and retailers get excited about"
>
>Gee, I always thought it was about pleasing consumers, not intermediaries.
>Few consumers care about business plans.
>
>John Willkie
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bob Miller" <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 10:20 AM
>Subject: [opendtv] Re: Zenith/LG NOT announcing new STB's based upon 5'th
>gen chip
>
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