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To: Math Junkie who wrote (36169)	7/31/2000 4:56:11 PM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 70976

When HDTV gets into production (if it does), and with more than one vendor, won't economies of scale, and industry standard high volume production factors kick in to drastically lower the prices? Or, are there high tech components in it that preclude that? Tony

To: Math Junkie who wrote (36169)	7/31/2000 5:10:59 PM
From: Fred Levine	Respond to of 70976

My point about the ball-point pen was that the exotic becomes commonplace IF it has advantages over the going standard. The average American watches (this is old data) 35 hrs of TV per week and will generally match interests with money. Also, the limited supply is factored into the intial screens and mass distributions will divide this dramatically. I am forever humbled when I find I can buy a tea-bag, generally from SE Asia, for abt 2cents each, with an envelope, at Costco! gotta go now, but IMO HDTV is inevitable. fred