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To: OldAIMGuy who wrote (15468)	3/31/2001 6:43:02 PM
From: LemonHead	Respond to of 18928

Hi Gang, Been poking around at HDTV info for the last couple of hours. Seams to be a growing industry. 2003 is just around the corner. Which companies will lead the pack? Here's some info. home.earthlink.net [snip] Current law and FCC rules allow for a phase-in of digital TV by the year 2006. At that time, broadcasters will have to give back their analog channels, due to be auctioned off by the FCC. During the process, TV stations will continue analog broadcasts. Eventually TV viewers are expected to buy a digital TV or a digital set-top box that adapts their current analog TV to display a low-resolution signal. May 2002: Remaining commercial stations must convert. 2003: Non-commercial stations must convert. 63.249.17.65 [snip] "Our own experience combined with sales figures and reports from retailers show that most consumers are choosing to upgrade to a high quality, DTV-upgradeable monitor now - to enhance their DVD, DBS or analog experience - and purchase a digital tuner later when more broadcast programming becomes available." Throughout the transition, the free market will meet the needs of consumers as manufacturers provide DTV products at varying, affordable price points." "Sales of DTV products reached 625,000 in the year 2000, accounting for 1.4 billion dollars in consumer investment. We expect that 2001 sales of DTV sets and displays will grow 80 percent to 1.125 million, with consumer investment climbing to 2.1 billion dollars," Shapiro stated. According to CEA, annual unit sales growth and dollar sales for DTV during its first four years on the market is projected to surpass that of computers, VCRs, CD players and color TVs. Please read that last statement again. We expect this year to bring a strong upsurge in sales of set-top box receivers now that the broadcasters have finally settled on an industry-wide transmission standard." And we thought consumers would quit spending. Odd thing here is that it reminds me of the Y2K scare. It's a forced issue. The landscape is changing and it is a forced change. I put a few of the companies on a watch list. siliconinvestor.com I like MU and NVDA, does anyone have any experience with the others? Take a look at some of the new HDTV products. digitalconnection.com There is a fairly new Thread on the subject here at SI. Subject 50558 I'm sure Ron would welcome all visitors. Keith

To: OldAIMGuy who wrote (15468)	4/1/2001 9:18:30 AM
From: Larry Grzemkowski	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18928

Hi Tom I am enjoying the discussion because I too have considered cutting my PC. It looks like my stocks will have to go up 50 to 100 percent from here to get any AIM action. Of course if I had any cash I would be buying now. Anyway I have decided to wait it out and follow AIM on the way back up. Here are a couple of posts I made on the G & K thread in answer to a question to me about my AIM experience. Message 15594753 Message 15594758 Larry G