Re: china/high-tech again

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Raghu's question parallels my own.  China is still a mystery to me.

On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 02:47:13PM -0800, raghu wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:30:57 -0800, michael perelman
> <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I don't know how high tech this is, but it seems like it might portend
> > something stronger than Marty suggested.
> >
> >
> > TCL to Offer a TV-Like Computer
>
>
> It is an interesting offering especially following so closely on several
> Internet based video on demand initiatives. e.g. The Google video project:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4589884.stm
>
> It is hard to tell how high tech TCL's role in this is. It could be
> anywhere between merely being an assembler of PCs (those are a
> dime-a-dozen and decidedly low-tech) and a appliance designer (like Apple
> with the iPOD). For the moment they appear to be completely dependent on
> Intel for the really high-tech stuff.
>
> e.g. the article says:
>
> >> TCL engineers handled problems related to connecting the device with
> other audio and video products, such as DVD players and cable set-top
> boxes, while Intel, of Santa Clara, Calif., handled computer-related
> technical issues. <<
>
> --raghu.

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