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Technology Stocks : Gemstar Intl (GMST) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: 100cfm who wrote (1457)	1/11/2000 11:17:00 AM
From: Dr. Id	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6516

JB the beauty of our Gem is that it is not a "must have feature" but rather it will be an automatic have feature. As the percentage of guide tvs increases, there will come a point where it will be harder to buy a tv without the guide then it is to buy one with it. So when people go to buy a tv they will not need to make a concious decision on whether to buy the guide or not, it will be like Prego spagetti sauce, "It's already in there" I think you're both right. While a tv may come with the guide, I believe that the viewer will still have a choice whether to subscribe to the guide. I bought a Starsight enabled tv, and made a choice to subscribe (of course, once I did I couldn't live without it!) Another JB (standing up for JB's everywhere!) :-)