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Date:      Sun, 12 Oct 1997 06:46:34 -0200 (EDT)
From:      Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@coppe.ufrj.br>
To:        shichi@Berkeley.RACE.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Naohiro Shichijo)
Cc:        luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: [video] Fxtv 0.45
Message-ID:  <199710120846.GAA05267@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br>
In-Reply-To: <199710120755.QAA07993@Berkeley.RACE.u-tokyo.ac.jp> from Naohiro Shichijo at "Oct 12, 97 04:55:21 pm"

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// In these days, we can buy Bt848 w/tuner at 9800 yen (something around US$80)
// in tokyo. That sounds quite competitive though 8)

But be real competitive, you should also have a monitor and a CPU.

It's cool to watch TV inside your computer, but it's far from competitive
against pure tv sets.  Maybe if you sell it as a video edition machine...  :)

// > > Imagine this:
// > > 
// > > A consumer walks to an tv/stereo store to purchase a new tv:
// > > 
// > > Sony, Toshiba, Panasonic, FreeBSD/Fxtv 
// > 
// > I am afraid we would not be competitive in the price. Any chance to
// > make this ROMable :)

					Jonny

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