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To: Sam who wrote (6820)	1/14/1998 1:50:00 PM
From: White Shoes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13594

So each of the spoiled rotten kids winds up with a WebTV in their bedroom...plus we're not just talking about standard web browsing...presumably this hybrid technology will lead to "smart programming" integrated with pay-per-view stuff...let a million flowers bloom.

To: Sam who wrote (6820)	1/14/1998 2:04:00 PM
From: White Shoes	Respond to of 13594

On the discretionary income thing, that's why I pointed out that the fad in 1973 was to pay $10,000 (or more...calculated in 1998 $) on a stereo. Prices always come down, also. It's a matter of shifting to a new way of watching TV/using a computer...I certainly don't know what will occur but I don't think money is a huge barrier, given the technology available today. What will cost people, as usual, is the programming itself, not the box. A lot of people drive around in $20,000 cars. If they switched to a $12,000 car, bingo, there's enough money for a whole bunch of electronic gizmos. Not for everyone, of course, but eventually the boxes would come down in price. The first Commodore 64 computer sold for $1,000 (the monitor was a TV screen, incidentally) but was selling for $200 not long after.