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Microsoft, Intel, and AMD Are Creating Platforms & Ecosystems That Are Designed to Offer Greater Ease of Consumer Digital Media Consumption

Posted on: Tuesday, 19 December 2006, 12:00 CST

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c47321) has announced the addition of In-Depth Analysis: Networked Media Devices Complement Growing Media Center PCs to Enable the Next Generation Digital Home to their offering.

Home networks are moving slowly from only broadband sharing to other activities. The next phase moves the home network to a multimedia network that blends in consumer electronics devices. Networked media devices are still far away from the average mainstream digital home. In fact, most home networks are still only used to share Internet access. Microsoft, Intel, and AMD have taken the next steps toward enabling this next phase by creating platforms and ecosystems that are designed to offer greater ease of consumer digital media consumption for all the digital video, photos, and music that consumers are amassing by sharing this content with devices they are familiar with, like the TV and stereo, in addition to creating content partnerships that make accessing Internet content on these devices easy.

Worldwide forecasts through 2010 for each market segment are provided, from Consumer PCs to non-PC network-enabled stationary media devices. Each device type forecast provides network-enabled units and segmentations for wired only and wireless. Included is the worldwide installed base of home networks and those networks with PC and CE devices. Details are provided for PCs with a Media Center-enabled OS, Basic Media Servers, Media Center PCs with a Media Center-enabled OS and TV Tuner, Non-PC Devices w/Embedded Media Servers, and Total Media Server-Capable Devices. Consumer survey results related to digital home multimedia networking are also included.

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Executive Summary Overview Digital Home Vision Case Study in Rough Emergence Market Segments and Categorization Network-Enabled CE Devices and Embedded Media Servers Basic Media Servers includes Media Center PCs Enhanced Media Servers includes Media Center PCs Digital Media Adapters Media Server Market Outlook: PC and CE Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Windows Vista Ultimate CableCARD Support Intel Viiv PC OEMs and Viiv AMD LIVE! Basic Media Server Forecast Enhanced Media Server Forecast Installed Base of Home Networks Home Networks and Those with PC and CE Devices Non-PC Network-Enabled Stationary Multimedia Devices Enabling Media Serving/Receiving Software and Platforms Windows Rally Program Embedded Media Software for Network-Enabled Devices Standalone PVRs/DVRs Digital Cable Set Top Boxes Direct Broadcast Satellite Set Top Boxes IP/DSL Set Top Boxes Digital Terrestrial Television Set Top Boxes DVD Players, DVD Recorders, and High Definition DVD Players/Recorders Game Consoles Fixed-Function CE Media Servers Digital Media Adapters Digital TVs IP Network Cameras Network-Attached Storage Summary of Non-PC Network-Enabled Stationary Multimedia Devices Consumer Insights Survey Respondents' Income Profile Survey Respondents' Gender Profile Survey Respondents' Age Profile Home Networks for Only Sharing Internet Access vs. Multi-Use Households Multi-Use Home Networks: Devices Connected Media Activities with Home Network: What Users Regularly Do With Their Home Network Activities of Interest to Current Home Network Users That They are Not Doing Now Audio and Video Use with Home Network: Current vs. First-Time Users Interest in Viewing PVR/DVR Recordings in Other Rooms Over a Home Network Media Center PCs and Media Servers Level of Familiarity Interest in Purchasing a Media Server/Center for Entertainment System Price Willing to Pay for Media Server/Center Media Server/Center Applications of Most Interest Reasons Why Some Not Interested in a Media Server/Center Recording Activity with Media Center PC or PC with TV Tuner Popular Sources of Recordings by Media Center PCs or PCs with TV Tuners Popular Uses for Entertainment Center Media Center PCs Other Than Recording TV Video How Media Center PC Ownership is Changing Entertainment Watching Habits Media Adapter Interest: Embedded in CE vs. Standalone Network Cameras: Current Use vs. First-Time Users' Expectations Interest in Purchasing CE Devices with a Wireless LAN Connection DVD Player DVD Recorder High Definition TV Set Standard TV Set TV Service Set Top Box PVR/DVR Stereo System Speakers Storage Disk Drive Digital Camera Portable Digital Music Player or Video Media Player Comparison of Devices with the Greatest Interest Methodology Related Reports Offices

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Source: Business Wire

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