Gilga--"And, it will start showing "Profits" because of the IFE, and Fujitsu Ten..." Not to sound like MH, but what the heck are you guys smokin'??? For all of you who have been here as long as sentinel and myself and possibly longer, i would think you folks would control your "irrational exuberance"..
Gilga--re F10--how many units will be going into autos coming off the assembly line in 2003??? just how many units do you realistically believe will be sold in the aftermarket?? my prediction is not that many
look at the satellite radio market, by analogy, XM and Sirius were on their deathbed throes [i am allowed some hyperbole]until the recent announcements that the number of factory assembled product lines that would be including sat. radio were being substantially increased
even assuming factory installation of the eclipse, i presume it will be a fairly expensive OPTION, not standard, at least for a few years
the edig rumor mill had the product going into the Lexus line, but i just read that a Harman [F10 competitor] product is in Lexus
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i have read the "projected" numbers for the IFE market; pardon my scepticism but i have now seen too, too many projections from the so-called experts that have seriously missed the mark [and that's putting it kindly]; once again, IMHO i think the portable rentable IFE market is not going to be all that it is cracked up to be; i think too many people will BYOD-- bring your own device--; not to mention the significant competition that edig and its partners will face in this area as they do the audio player market
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for my money, i personally thought edig's best revenue generating product was going to be the O1000, but as sentinel has kindly pointed out--edig has now missed the key selling time of year; and for better or worse whether you want to face it or not edig's cash shortage is a major problem to allow edig to be in position to sell product and thereby generate the PROFITS many of you are so certain will follow in the short term--ie next two quarters
so bottom line, pardon some of us who have been here for sometime and wish edig well but would rather wait to see the performance materialize before shouting that A NEW ERA HAS BEGUN from the roof tops-------cksla
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