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Technology Stocks : Zenith - One and Only -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: flickerful who wrote (4050)	1/17/1998 3:18:00 PM
From: Robert Utne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6570

Frankly, HDTV isn't experienced in its full, 1080 vertical lines of glory unless you see it on a very large screen of at least 100", preferably, even larger (based on what I've experienced at the Zenith, RUNCO and other HDTV demos at the CES). Zenith has a $18,595 HDTV package, not including screen and dish, for up to a 200" screen, which will be available in March. Be great to see a screen, audio equipment, satellite dish and a DBS package added to offer a total package. Total package could retail for $24,995 and targeted to the Home Theater enthusiasts. Several million, already, have the RUNCO, Zenith and other high-end, projection units and audio equipment so would only need the $5,995 Zenith-Inteq HDTV receiver/decoder and a satellite, HDTV receiver. Zenith's 64" HDTV wide-screen, rear-projection model will be available as early as August at a price "in excess of $10,000". RCA will be offering a 61" unit at $7,000 in October and will include a DBS HDTV receiver. Neither models come near to the visual quality of the overhead projection model, offering a much larger picture and near-reality, visual experience. Suggestion to Zenith engineers: develop a scaled-down (smaller CRTs, etc.) overhead projector with accompanying STB (HDTV receiver/decoder) in the $8,000 range. Then, Zenith could provide a total HDTV solution at $9,995 with all the necessary equipment including screen, satellite dish and audio equipment. To me, the big 64" units are ugly, ungainly monsters. However, the overhead (mounted on the ceiling) projector together with a screen on the wall (rolled up when not in use) and well-placed STB and audio equipment are unobtrusive additions to any living or rec room. With the overhead system, any sized home (or even apartment) could be turned into a theater with a flic of a switch and roll out of a screen. Scott, Rick, Dennis and others who went to the CES, what's your opinion?