Thomson misses HDTV deadline

Indianapolis Business Journal;  November 2, 1998 ;     700+ words ......Problem is, there aren't many Thomson HDTV sets to see. And there won't be any in...officials now hope to have their HDTV sets in Indianapolis-area stores by the second quarter. Other manufacturers' HDTV sets will be in local stores before Christmas...

DVD's high-def future: the most popular reason for buying an HDTV set,...

Video Business;  March 28, 2005 ;     653 words ......are watching on their big, expensive HDTV sets is actually in high-def. Asked by Forrester what they have hooked up to their HDTV sets, more than a third of those with analog...signals. Only 19% of people who purchased HDTV sets signed up for HDTV service at the same...

The TV of tomorrow: will 2004 be the year of HDTV?(Chip Advisor)(high...

Electronic Business;  January 1, 2004 ;     573 words ......especially if you went shopping for HDTV sets this Christmas. There are a great many so-called HDTV sets for sale. But the truth is that no TV...a standard video output. Sets sold as HDTV sets are certainly better than your old TV...

HDTV sales surge.(Fact)

Design News;  September 13, 2004 ;     43 words ...Sales of HDTV sets jumped 50 percent in 2003, according to Home Theater Magazine, thanks to lower prices and greater availability of programs. For the year-long period ending September 30, 2003, the magazine reports that more than 2.4 million HDTV sets were sold in the U.S.

Sales of HDTV sets to double, average retail price to decline.(LIES, DAMN...

The Online Reporter;  August 18, 2007 ;     85 words ......consumers become accustomed to HDTV. In-Stat says shipments of HDTV sets will double in the next four years from 68 million units last...by 2011. Showing the continuing decline in retail prices for HDTV sets, it forecast that total revenue will increase only slightly...

More price cuts coming for HDTV sets.(LIES, DAMN LIES AND STATISTICS)

The Online Reporter;  July 18, 2008 ;     161 words ...Some makers of HDTV sets will cut prices as much as $400 in...an intended one, is that sales of HDTV sets will increase. The more people that...sales increase. The increased number of HDTV sets in homes should also help boost sales...

Report says HDTV sets won't fly Forrester says despite sharpest picture,...

The Boston Globe;  December 9, 1998 ;     514 words ......television makers will sell only a million HDTV sets between now and the year 2003, and that...pictures of all. Today's first-generation HDTV sets cost $5,000 to $10,000 each. Prices for...computerized electronics controlling these HDTV sets will rapidly fall in price, to below...

Mass adoption tripping over costs, video recording, digital-only finish...

Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX);  April 3, 2005 ;     286 words ......turning point in the technology's adoption. HDTV sets, including the flat kind that hang on...two-thirds of the 12.8 million homes with HDTV sets weren't tuning in to a single program...firm In-Stat. Most of the people with HDTV sets are just using them to watch DVDs, said...

Report suggests TV makers should go cheaper route

The Journal Record;  December 10, 1998 ;     511 words ......television makers will sell only a million HDTV sets between now and the year 2003, and that...pictures of all. Today's first-generation HDTV sets cost between $5,000 and $10,000 each...computerized electronics controlling these HDTV sets will rapidly fall in price, to below...

Japan's digital numbers hit two million. (Review/People).(digital HDTV...

Television Asia;  January 1, 2002 ;     120 words ...The October shipment of digital HDTV sets and set-top boxes (STBs) jumped 35 percent...October's figure -- 37,000 digital HDTV sets and 13,000 STBs -- was the highest in...the dwindling retail prices of digital HDTV sets from more than US$3,226 a year ago to...

Slow start to HDTV could help cable. (high-definition television; cable...

Multichannel News;  January 5, 1998 ;     700+ words ......Forrester Research. Market penetration of HDTV sets will hover at around i percent until...establishing a reputation for making quality HDTV sets. Manufacturers will concentrate on promoting...industry executives said. The first HDTV sets will be awesome home-entertainment machines...

High-def TV sets begin to sell, but programming runs behind.

The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  April 20, 2005 ;     292 words ......turning point in the technology's adoption. HDTV sets, including the flat kind that hang on...two-thirds of the 12.8 million homes with HDTV sets weren't tuning in to a single program...firm In-Stat. Most of the people with HDTV sets are just using them to watch DVDs, said...

FCC sets standard for high-definition TV.(Business)

The Washington Times;  December 27, 1996 ;     605 words ......deliver crystal-clear pictures and sound. HDTV sets are expected to appear in retail stores...having sharper sound and picture quality, HDTV sets will be 33 percent wider to more closely...Manufacturers know that consumers won't invest in HDTV sets until stations start airing HDTV ...

Marion, Ind., Plant to Gear Up for High-Definition Television.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  October 27, 1998 ;     580 words ......unveiling of its first high-definition, or HDTV, sets. No additional jobs are expected, although...Bloomington workers had hoped to assemble HDTV sets, but Thomson moved all TV assembly a...Thomson announced last year that its first HDTV sets would be projection-screen models, with...

HDTV might not be an immediate turn-on; Gradual impact seen for HDTV.

The Boston Herald;  September 7, 1998 ;     700+ words ......Shulman delivers the bad news: For now, HDTV sets cost $7,000 or more, and most stations...stores across the country as the first HDTV sets roll onto showroom floors. Interest is...electronics chain will probably sell about 100 HDTV sets when they first go on sale. We're not...