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Gold/Mining/Energy : Tri-Vision & The V-Chip -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: pipick who wrote (5521)	6/12/1999 12:10:00 AM
From: edsam	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5743

Wow, after a long winter of hibernation... Even if a TV manufacturer licenses from Soundview or TVL, the manufacturer is not obligated to use the licenser's trademark. However if TVL manufactures the chip for a TV manufacturer, then you may see V-gis but inside the box. V-gis is a trade mark which is not what TV manufacturers are after. They just want to use the design. BTW, my Hitachi Ultravision set lists all licensed patents at the back of the set. I suspect we'll know the real story when the sets hit the stores. Will we see 4554584, 5828402 or both? Here are some facts to consider ... 1) TV manufacturers make same sets for both USA and Canada using the same parts. Check out the safety labels in the back. Check out the language preference on menu: English, Spanish and French. 2) The first compliance date for USA is July 1, 1999. The compliance date in Canada has not been announced. In fact, the exact ratings are not even known. Which design will allow TV sets already in homes to adapt to Canadian ratings when it is finally published? Would TV manufacturers want to deal with angry customers when the brand new $3000 TV's fail to block out Canadian ratings? You have said all along that TV manufacturers will want to minimize cost. However, you have only talked about initial implementation cost. You have yet to touch on future upgrade cost. This is where a fixed hardwired solution gets very expensive. How much do you think it would cost to upgrade? So you don't think the ratings will ever change? The change will occur when CRTC finally announce the Canadian ratings after the USA compliance date. You will then understand why TV manufacturers will license a technology which is not "mandated". Back to sleep ... ZZZ