Mark Schubin wrote: > "Digital Televisions" accounted for about 41% of the TVs > sold to U.S. dealers through the eighth week this year. Up from about 32+ percent late last year. I don't necessarily think that = people are knowingly buying "digital," as much as they are buying "flat = panel." A visit to a mass-market store like Target shows why. The flat panel = TVs, while still more expensive than old CRTs (a lot more expensive when = you see how prices of largish CRTs have fallen) are all over the = shelves. They have replaced most of the shelf space that used to be = dedicated to CRTs even late last year. The big bulky CRTs are looking = very pass=E9 indeed. Still, a mere $110 or so buys a 27" old style CRT. It still costs more = like $800+ to buy an "equivalent" LCD. > About 59% of the TVs sold to U.S. dealers in 2006 were > still plain non-H/DTV direct-view TVs with picture tubes. > Given that all new tuner-equipped TVs 25-inch and up > imported to the U.S. or shipped interstate are now > supposed to have DTT-reception circuitry, it's amazing > that the non-"digital" proportion is still so high. When you consider the price difference and the abysmally clueless sales = people, I don't think this is all that surprising. They might be = perfectly happy to unload old merchandise, if the buyer doesn't = hesitate. Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.