[BC] TV Set/Converter

[Bruce Doerle]

The $40 is not floating, it is in the law:

See the Code of Federal Regulations 47 CFR 301.4 for the coupons.  It 
sets the value.

<http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/frnotices/2007/DTVFinalRule_part301.htm>http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/frnotices/2007/DTVFinalRule_part301.htm

Bruce

 >>> Scott Fybush <scott at fybush.com> 1/4/2008 11:47 AM >>>

That $40 number has been floating around the net for a long time now 
without any confirmation, and it's starting to sound a little fishy 
to me. I'm not an expert on Chinese manufacturing costs or 
electronics-industry retail profit margins, but I find it hard to 
believe that Radiosophy can sell me an HD radio for $100 (or Best Buy 
for $150) and be sending $40 of that to Ibiquity. In fact, I'd find 
it hard to believe that Best Buy's cost for that Insignia shelf unit 
it's selling is much more than $60 or $70, total, and probably even 
less than that.