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To: kash johal who wrote (67281)	10/23/1998 9:10:00 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Kash, All, re: HDTV My opinion only, HDTV will be the ultimate toy beginning sometime within the next 12 months. It will probably be "mainstream" within 4 years. As I realized my crystal ball was defective many years ago, I wonder if there are any more informed opinions on how this product will shake out. It seems that the TV manufacturers are more in line with the broadcast standards; that the PC makers seem to be able to make a more affordable product, but maybe with a sacrifice of image quality. I try to read as much as I can about this subject, but the press seems as confused about HDTV as they are about politics. It is certainly an important subject for Intel, with the potential of a huge increase in CPU sales. A few of my questions: 1. Is the broadcast technology compatible with PC standards; can PC's achieve the same quality as HDTV? 2. Can the PC makers compete with the TV makers on price? 3. Are the PC makers addressing this market (it doesn't appear as if they are)? The double edge sword of digital TV will change the landscape of the PC industry, maybe for better or maybe for worse. Would like to hear opinions. Thanks Kash, for bringing up the subject, John

To: kash johal who wrote (67281)	10/24/1998 2:54:00 AM
From: stak	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Kash, You hit a real sensitive spot there. HDTV is gonna be a big threat to PC's starting in the year 2000. Why??? Because people will spend 1000$ on the HDTV and only a few hundred on the PC or more likely the set-top box. HDTV will get a much larger portion of consumer's disposable $$$ than PCs will from 2000 on. Play thru with your scenario. HDTV puts the emphasis on content. Just as TV matured, the emphasis went away from improving the hardware(to make money) to selling content( to make money). DSP's will play a bigger part in the digital world. Texas Instruments already has known this for quite awhile. ASIC's will also be much more suitable as far as price performance goes.