[Rich Peterson]

According to this press release , sales to dealers of DTV products in March totaled 766,000 in the first quarter. Based on numbers released previously for Jan and Feb, this works out to over 329,000 sold in March. First quarter 2003 was 78% higher than first quarter 2002 which is pretty much right on target with what would be needed to hit the CEA's prediction of 4 million units sold this year.


2002

Jan 149K

Feb 134K

Mar 148K

Apr 122K

May 152K

Jun 170K

July 213K

Aug 236K

Sept 261K

Oct 293K

Nov 305K

Dec 308K


2003

Jan 196K

Feb 241K

Mar 329K

 

[Kipp Jones]

Very encouraging.

 

[jckessler]

I would like to know how many of those are tuners or integrated sets; guess they don't release those numbers until the end of the year.

 

[Marissadad]

Sorry to say one of those sales was to my In Laws living in Tallahassee, FL who think they are watching HDTV via Basic Analog Cable without an HD tuner box because the show says "Available in High Definition".


Too bad I live in the Northwest or I could help them out with their HD viewing. I did tell them to check with their cable company to see if they are delivering any HD yet.


Theirs does not have an integrated tuner.