Re: SW WebTV May Vanish?

by Duif Calvin <duif(at)jaderiver.com>

Date:	Tue, 22 Sep 1998 21:54:35 -0400
To:	hwg-theory(at)hwg.org
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At 07:07 PM 9/22/98 -0400, jim barchuk wrote:

>'Cable boxes?' Walk into any Sears and ask 'what % of your TV sets do -not-
>come 'cable ready' (built-in 'cable boxes').
>
>I'll bet even odds that within five years new TV designs will include
built-in
>WebTV circuits/software. A TV with a phone jack on the back assuming that it
>isn't bidirectional by that time.
>

No question that most sets these days come cable-ready. However, GI still
expects to distribute upwards of 10 million cable boxes in 1999, mostly for
digital and pay per view services not supported by many 1998 TV sets. 

Granted, that's a small percentage of the total number of TVs in use--but
it's quite a large number relative to current Web users, and many times
more than are expected to buy a separate WebTV box in 1999.

I also agree with your projection that most TVs will come broadband ready
within a few years; I was just looking at the 1999 projections.

Regards,
Duif
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