OneCall.com Predicts Top-Selling Products For Holiday 2000

E-Tailer Prepares For The Fourth Quarter Based On Consumer Purchasing Trends

2-Nov-00

OneCall.com, Americaís first A/V specialty e-tailer, has released their prediction of the top-selling products for the fourth quarter of 2000. The list gives trade and consumer press a look at online purchasing trends and the hot items that will fill the warehouses of e-tailers such as OneCall.com. New technology is always a top-seller at OneCall.com, and there are no hotter new technologies than the following list of product categories. This mix of top-selling products tells the industry at least one thing - todayís online A/V consumers are savvy shoppers interested in cutting edge, high-end products. The following are OneCall.comís predictions of the items that will sell this holiday season.- Personal video recorders - OneCall.comís warehouse will be fully stocked this season in anticipation of explosive growth in sales of Personal Video Recorders (PVRs). TiVo and ReplayTV represent a new concept in television viewing. PVRs digitally record programs and offer consumers the opportunity to easily organize and customize program choices. Being able to pause and rewind live television, skip through commercials and get instant replays at the touch of a button is attracting consumers of all ages. Exciting products such as Sonyís new SATT60, which combines a DBS receiver and a built-in hard disc recorder, and new sixty-hour hard disc recorders from Panasonic and Phillips, are expected to drive sales this holiday season.- Multichannel receivers - A new generation of multichannel receivers featuring THXÆ Surround EXô, Matrix 6.1 and Virtual Matrix 6.1 are available at OneCall.com from venders such as Onkyo, Sony and Yamaha. While DolbyÆ Digital 5.1 receivers will continue to be available and very popular, enthusiasts will see new six and seven channel receivers. An item Onecall.com predicts to be big is the Onkyo TX-DS787, which will be available at the end of October. At a breakthrough pricepoint of about one thousand dollars, this six-channel receiver is Surround EX-ready and is easily upgradable to 7.1-channel amplification through the purchase of a matching stereo amplifier. Another coveted receiver continued to be sought after is the Onkyo TX-DS989, a revolutionary future-ready receiver with 7.1-channel amplification, true THX surround EXô playback ability (without an additional amp), and 192kHz/24-bit DACs for all channels. For the audio/video enthusiast, this new generation of multi-channel receivers will provide the ultimate home theatre centerpiece. - Digital still imaging - consumers are really catching on to the concept of taking their pictures to the max with digital still imaging. Quality is up and prices are down - offering consumers unprecedented performance and value. At OneCall.com, hot new cameras will be available from Canon, Fuji, Minolta, Nikon, Olympus and Sony, covering the needs of every consumer. Canonís new D30 EOS System Digital camera at $2999 will be the choice of serious hobbyists and professionals, while Fujiís FP-1300 at $249 will offer consumers a price/performance breakthrough. OneCall.com also plans to have significant inventory of digital data storage in all formats including MemoryStick, CompactFlash and SmartMedia. Offering instant results, exceptional image quality and endless possibilities, these cameras will top many holiday lists!- DVD-Video players with progressive scan outputs - this year, technology-savvy consumers will be looking for a DVD-Video player that shows off maximum image quality. Progressive scan technology takes advantage of the full resolution capability of the DVD, producing a flicker-free, seamless, film-like image. DVD-Video players with progressive scan outputs deliver the best possible picture to HD ready television sets, suggesting that the increase in sales of high definition television sets will result in high sales of progressive scan output capable DVD-Video players. OneCall.com carries these products from vendors such as Toshiba, Onkyo, Sony, Panasonic and JVC.- HDTV-capable DIRECTV Plusô receiver - this quarter, consumers will have the opportunity to enhance their home entertainment experience with an HDTV-capable digital satellite receiver. Products from RCA, Sony and Toshiba will deliver over-the-air digital television, over-the-air analog TV, DIRECTV HD and DIRECTV standard definition. OneCall.com believes that purchasers of high definition-ready television sets are hungry for sources of high definition programming, and many will have these set-top boxes on their holiday wish list.

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