Having confronted Dr. Evil, Bob Kohl, International Man Of Mystery, 
xclaimed:
 
 > BK> remember digital and HDTV is coming.
 
 > Ha, they've been coming for ten years!  Obviously one of them has
 > taken a wrong turn and has gotten lost and neither of them has thought
 > to bring a road map....
 BK> 
 BK> Nope, sorry.. acording to the officialgrams from the TV realm, they're
 BK> real and the powers that be are already planning to spend mega-bucks
 
     Funny, about a week after I sent this message I saw a news report 
on HDTVs at some trade show indicating that they are about to go on the 
market.
 
 BK> on them.. oblivious to the fact that it will be years before the have
 BK> an audience with TV's that can take advantage of it... God bless TV!
 BK> ;) 
 
     Well the caveat with that report was that HDTVs were very pricey, 
around the range of the home theater at about $2000-$3000, plus the fact 
the standards are *STILL* not set which could still delay the release of 
these products.  Funny how the DVD players had such a speedy release and 
acceptance by the public.
 
 BK> I was at a lunch where the budgets for these projects for 2 stations
 BK> were discussed.. and here I'd only want a small percentage.. ;)  
     I'm not the one to talk about stuff like that.  About 7 years ago I 
had the opportunity to buy share in a steel company stock at $1 a share, 
I decided not to bother.  Last month that steel company announced a plan 
to buy back those shares at $25 a pop...  :-(
     Any plans on doing the Trek series for HDTV?
                                        Sincerely Yours
                                         
                                        David G. Riess
                                        EchoTechnologyMonger 
 
... 333:  Beast lite, half the number, same evil power.
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