[opendtv] Re: News: CEA FORECASTS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS REVENUE WILL SURPASS $155 BILLION IN 2007
- From: "Dale Kelly" <dalekelly@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 17:12:19 -0800
Bert wrote:
> > CEA, the real beneficiary of the DTV conversion and very much
> > as planned.
>
> Dale, you cynic. This is not anything being forced down the throats of
> consumers.
I didn't intend to imply that, consumers will generally only purchase what
they value. I'm a typical consumer and I own a fairly major DTV system -
which I love and would love even more were I able to receive OTA DTV!
If you were involved, as I was, at the genesis of the Digital Television
Systems planning back in the early 80's, you would know of what I speak. The
CEA folks, who were the prime movers in this development, were openly in a
feeding frenzy contemplating the profits to be made from this technical
advancement. Is that necessarily bad - of course not. They produced
something of value and are now rightfully benefiting from that development.
My point is however: others also made very large contributions to supply the
content and delivery infrastructures required to make this system viable and
some in that group will never reap significant benefit from that investment.
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