[opendtv] Re: Non-living room HDTV sales rise in US
- From: "Albert Manfredi" <bert22306@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 17:24:03 -0500
John Shutt wrote:
You may be seriously underestimating the cost of an 8-VSB demod.
The costs are not in the hardware, which would amount to a
fraction of a penny if implemented as you say.
The costs are in the ridiculously high royalties paid to the patent
holders of both the original consortium and to the nth generation
"cold fusion" chipsets and intellectual property rights owners.
In the past on this list, I've heard the price of $40 just for all of
the IP rights for an ATSC receiver.
Oh, pshaw, John. That was only a figure thrown out by axe grinders. Other
figures thrown out were closer to $5 to $15, but far more importantly, the
point was made that the various 8-VSB patent holders were coming to
agreements among one another.
Whatever the number is, it will affect, if anything, only the ultimate price
of the very cheapest of small throw-about receivers, which I have yet to see
in digital livery.
Bert
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