Pace Enters HD Box Race.

Byline: ANTHONY CRUPI

Introducing a new high-end set-top box is similar to rolling out a new model automobile: There may be a lot of oohs and aahs when the manufacturer lifts the curtain on stage at the car show, but until you get to the test-drive stage, everything is mere artifice.

Pace Micro Technology Americas understands this analogy keenly, and as such is itching to take its latest box off the carousel and onto the track. Throughout this week's CableConnects 2003 Regional Broadband Conference & Expo in San Antonio, Pace will demonstrate, for the first time in a public forum, its new high-definition offering, the Pace DC-550 HD.

David Novak, …