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Technology Stocks : Acrodyne (ACRO) is one of two pure plays in the TV -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Karl Drobnic who wrote (1033)	4/17/1998 12:49:00 PM
From: rairden	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1319

HDTV sets on sale now; $18,000 Palo Alto Daily News, this morning, page 1, with product photo. Paraphrasing: "The Audible Difference," 805 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, is the first store in the country to offer HDTV sets for sale to the general public. The 60-inch television is made by Faroudja Labs Inc of Sunnyvale, California. Aspect ratio is 16x9. Tuner sold separately. Article says the set features what I presume is a line-doubler which can present standard VCR video in "near-HDTV quality." Faroudja has already sold about 100 of the sets to film studios and other commercial accounts. The primary customer for the sets now being retailed is someone with a home theater. "Consumers can expect to see the price drop next year as more sets are sold," according to Faroudja's president, Michael Moone. Local stations (San Francisco) are expected to begin HDTV transmissions in October or November. I'll have to wander by the store sometime soon to see if I'm as impressed by HDTV as everyone else reports. Stay tuned...