MONITORS FOR SALE

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From OpenDTV on monitors instead of integrated sets to escape paying
for an unwanted or/and unneeded 8-VSB receiver...

John Golitsis wrote:

>>The question is, will any of the major manufacturer's do this??
(build monitors). I can't recall
>>any 'monitor' type displays from the CES announcements. Many models were
>>announced with both an ATSC version and an ATSC+CableCARD version though.


Let's see...$1200 for an HDTV monitor -- same as last year's model, but
with the NTSC tuner removed -- or $1600 for the same thing, but with an
ATSC receiver/decoder or $1700 for the ATSC+CableCard version. Joe Sales
Manager at the local A/V retailer makes his money by moving product --
the more units/month, the more $ in his pocket. He knows that the
cheaper HDTV product will sell more, especially since 85% (statistical
average) of his customers have either cable or satellite, and don't even
know what an "ATSC tuner" is or why they would ever use one.

If the big CE guys don't make HD monitors (easy for them, all they have
to do is remove the NTSC tuner), then China Inc. will do it for them --
and eat a significant portion of thier lunch.

-- Frank

Bob Miller writes...

If dealers don't use this opportunity to beat any competition that
doesn't take advantage of the savings just buying a monitor if that is
all you need presents then this is a great opportunity to start a
business selling monitors.