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To: NY Stew who wrote (1336)	12/31/1999 4:34:00 PM
From: Brian K Crawford	Respond to of 6516

It is we who are indebted to you, Stew. Thanks for all your DD and willingness to share. Brian

To: NY Stew who wrote (1336)	12/31/1999 8:51:00 PM
From: pompsander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6516

I want to add my thanks to you Stew. Your dilligence and hard work has been most valuable to all of us as we better understand the Gem. Here is a little question for our knowledgable thread mavins. By Dec 31, 2000 what percentage of television sets sold in a) the United States b) the World will have Guide Plus installed? How about STBs? It seems if Thompson is pushing the Guide down to its 19 inch models and touting its free nature (take that TIVO) can the other licensees be far behind?

To: NY Stew who wrote (1336)	1/1/2000 4:19:00 AM
From: silInv	Respond to of 6516

Stew, DownSouth and others, Thank you for all the good work here. Happy New Year! I am so honored to be the first post of the new Millennium on this wonderful thread! silInv

To: NY Stew who wrote (1336)	1/2/2000 8:31:00 PM
From: pompsander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6516

Stew and others....In my Sunday newspaper was an article, obviously syndicated, by someone from, I believe, Knight-Ridder. It was on the Echostar/WebTV Dish 500 system. Very positive review....and a stake in the heart of TIVO since it points out that the system provides the pause and record features on a hard drive, like TIVO, but with more data storage capability and less cost. The reviewer seemed to be one of those guys who hasn't looked closely at TV technology for a while, then suddenly was amazed to see what is out there. Anyway, he was very, very positive on the system and indicated DirectTV will have a TIVO based system later this year. Same concept, but even more storage. The article mentions the Guide and says it is the best the reviewer had ever seen....that is it. The Guide never gets any respect..just revenue, I suppose. Anyone else see the article? Sorry I did not keep it or I would quote it verbatim.