PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT (Notes)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property and equipment consisted of the following at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 (Revised) (in thousands):



	September 30, 2012		December 31, 2011 (Revised)
Computer and video equipment and software	$	132,352	$	132,022
Manufacturing tooling and testbeds	5,500		6,407
Office equipment	4,812		4,709
Furniture, fixtures and other	11,437		11,819
Leasehold improvements	32,831		34,786
	186,932		189,743
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization (a)	143,107		136,256
	$	43,825	$	53,487

(a) In the nine months ended September 30, 2012 the company wrote off approximately $8.7 million of fully depreciated fixed assets.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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