[opendtv] Re: News: DTV Boxes Could Cost $1 Billion
- From: "Dale Kelly" <res0xtey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 20:57:34 -0700
Tom Wrote:
> A follow up here ... According to a recent AVS post this afternoon LG
> CSR's are claiming the new LG 4200A STB's already are using the 5'th
> generation chip.
I see only the 3000 series on LG's Web page, no mention of the 4200 series.
However, I did come across this very interesting press release indicating
that
a 5th Gen. base receiver will be available at Walmart before years end. It
is
constructed for USDTV but can be utilized as a standard DTV receiver without
USDTV activation. Wonder how much $$?
http://us.lge.com/AboutUs.do?myAction=detail&boardType=press&forwardPage=pressdetail&categoryId=01&seq=117&s0=3&s1=3&s2=1&s3=2
USDTV Becomes First U.S. Company to Use Fifth-Generation 8-VSB Technology
for Improved Reception in Urban and Rural Environments
SALT LAKE CITY, July 20, 2004 -- U.S. Digital Television, Inc. (USDTV), a
leading over-the-air subscription TV service, today announced a technology
partnership with LG Electronics and LG Innotek to supply fifth-generation
8-VSB chips and ATSC tuners for use in USDTV's set-top boxes.
LG's advanced digital television (DTV) reception technology, developed and
tested with its U.S. subsidiary, Zenith, is designed to significantly
enhance terrestrial broadcast digital reception capacity and strengthen
viewing potential in difficult reception areas, such as in apartments and
urban areas. USDTV will begin to include the LG components in set-top-boxes
planned for shipments beginning in Q4 of 2004.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Barry" <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 8:14 PM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: News: DTV Boxes Could Cost $1 Billion
> A follow up here ... According to a recent AVS post this afternoon LG
> CSR's are claiming the new LG 4200A STB's already are using the 5'th
> generation chip.
>
> See http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=427625
>
> - Tom
>
> John Golitsis wrote:
> > As far as I know, this 5th gen chip is a finished product. I actually
> > posted video clips of it's testing by LG in Korea months ago. One clip
was
> > of mobile reception in a vehicle on the highway, another was of in-home
> > reception while waving an omni-directional antenna around.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tom Barry" <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> >>I don't want to be too much of a party pooper but we should remember
> >>that many of us on this list were very elated a year or so ago because
> >>of the Linx results. And yet, for some reason, they are not yet on the
> >>market.
> >>
> >
> >
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