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Digital Media Receivers/Adapters Generic Keywords: (What are these?) telecommunications, security, home controls, energy utilities, cable, wireless, entertainment, home entertainment, digital, home electronics, home digital, converging technologies, Parks Associates Publication Date: 01-APR-04 Format: PDF Price: $1,200.00 Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Description 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. Scroll to this section This is a section of the Full Report:
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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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