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From: Jack.O'keeffe@f26.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Jack O'keeffe)
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Subject: Re: TV Caption Decoder Chip
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Date: 4 Feb 90 03:49:13 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

 LW> I just hope that when the TVs with decoder chips come out into
 LW> the market, it wouldn't be so darn expensive like those new
 LW> ones did years ago.

My hope is that TV manufacturers will not raise the price, but just
market the sets with the decoder chip as an extra feature.  I believe
we will be seeing other new features, like windows, on more TVs.  The
greatest benefit will be that, with a larger audience for captions,
more TV producers will invest in QUALITY captioning of their shows.

But, since it is in R&D now, we probably will not see it in the
stores for 4 or 5 years.

Jack.

... I never listen!

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