HP Credited With Driving PC TV Tuner Sales 10.30.07 by PC Magazine Staff Hewlett-Packard has been credited with almost single-handedly driving the PC TV tuner market, by including TV capabilities with almost all of its PCs. IMS Research said that the tuner market for PCs sold within North America jumped from 2.5 million units to 5.2 million units. In Western Europe, the PCTV tuner market increased by 52 percent, to 6.4 million units. Adding an ATSC-NTSC tuner with FM stereo support to an HP PC costs about $80. However, HP is not the only company that adds a TV tuner as part of the default configuration; Dell has added a $97 ATI Theater 650 PRO to selected members of its "Inspiron Advanced" line of desktops and XPS performance systems. ... http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2209800,00.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.