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<<It's also unclear to me what chances HP has in this market at all no matter what they do since it seems a bit out of their area.>> HP has just restructured a profitable microwave division into guess what????—VIDEO. Set top boxes are not out of their area at all. In fact, they aren't out of anybody's area. It's a field in development and major players are forming consortiums and making deals right and left. Who gets what slice of the pie still remains to be seen. On the surface, to an Amigaphile, it would seem C= is well situated to cash in on the boom with a platform that dovetails in rather nicely and is in many ways ahead of the game. How many years was C= definitely ahead in the Computer game and what's their share of that pie now? How often do you hear C= or Amiga mentioned in regard to this new technology in non Amiga specific publications? With the resources of the phone companies, the computer giants etc. how difficult is it going to be to be a serious threat to C= prospects? C= should get on the stick, join some consortium and start signing some licensing agreements pronto if they're eyeing this market. -Richard