This report examines the home computer's transition to a multimedia platform from both industry and consumer perspectives. With primary consumer research and forecasts of multimedia PC solutions, this report pinpoints the mass-market opportunities for entertainment-centric home computing platforms. Table of Contents 1.0 Executive Summary
1.1 The Current Home Computer Market Environment
1.1.1 With Success Comes the Challenge
1.1.2 The PC Industry's Response: Take on the CE Industry
1.2 The Market Landscape: Multimedia Ecosystems
1.2.1 The PC-Music Experience
An Overview of the PC-Music Ecosystem
The PC-Music Ecosystem: Key Drivers and Conclusions
1.2.2 The PC-Digital Photography Experience
An Overview of the PC-Digital Photography Ecosystem
The PC-Music Ecosystem: Key Drivers and Conclusions
1.2.3 The PC-Television Experience
An Overview of the PC-Television Ecosystem
The PC-Television Ecosystem: Key Drivers and Conclusions
1.2.4 The PC-Video Experience
An Overview of the PC-Movie Ecosystem
The PC-Movie Ecosystem: Key Drivers and Conclusions
An Overview of the PC-Home Video Ecosystem
The PC-Home Video Ecosystem: Key Drivers and Conclusions
1.3 Market Forecasts
1.3.1 The Multimedia Platform: "Media-PCs"
1.3.2 Distributing the Content: Digital Media Receivers/Adapters
Digital Media Receivers
Digital Music Media Adapters
1.3.3 Accessing and Interacting with the Content: "Media-PC" Remote Controllers
1.3.4 Total Annual Shipments: "Media-PC" Ecosystem Solutions 2.0 Identifying PC Multimedia Ecosystems
2.1 The Advent of "Content Peripherals"
2.2 Current Multimedia Features on Home Computers
2.2.1 Music and the PC
Internet Music-on-Demand Services
Satellite Radio: Out of the Car and Into the Home
PC-Music Ecosystems Solutions
2.2.2 Digital Photography and the PC
The PC's Role
PC-Digital Photography Ecosystem Solutions
2.2.3 Television and the PC
Does the PVR become the "PC"PVR?
PC-Television Ecosystem Solutions
TV Tuners
PVR Solutions
2.2.4 Video on the PC
Movies
Movies Through the PC: Status and Outlook
Movie Offerings
PC-Movie Ecosystem Solutions
Self-Created Video 3.0 The "Media-PC": Multimedia in One Box
3.1 All-in-One Entertainment PCs
3.1.1 Windows® Media Center Edition PCs
General Features of Windows® XP Media Center Edition PCs
Content Interfaces
LCD and Plasma Monitors and Displays
Remote Controller
Home Networking: Media Receivers
3.1.2 The "Living Room Media-PC"
The Opportunity and Challenge: Centralizing the PC to the Entertainment Environment
Making the PC More "CE" Like: Design Elements
"Tune-In/Turn-On": Making it Happen Faster
Bringing the "Cool" into "Media-PCs": Reducing Fan Noise
3.1.3 Additional "Media-PC" Packages
3.2 Market Forecasts 4.0 Digital Media Receivers/Adapters
4.1 Technology Drivers
4.1.1 Advances in Video Processing and Media Delivery
4.1.2 Home Networking Solutions Get More Robust
Middleware: Tying CE
4.2 IP-Based Connectivity
4.3 Digital Media Receiver Form Factors
4.3.1 Stand-alone Digital Media Receivers (DMRs)
4.3.2 Integrated Digital Media Receivers (DMRs)
4.4 Digital Media Adapters (DMAs)
4.4.1 Digital Music Media Adapters
4.4.2 Gaming Bridges
4.5 Market Assumptions
4.5.1 Consumer Drivers for DMR/DMA Solutions
4.5.2 Forecast Assumptions
4.5.3 Market Forecasts
Digital Media Receivers
Annual Nodes Sold
Cumulative Nodes
Digital Music Media Adapters
Annual Nodes Sold
Cumulative Nodes
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