25 Million Home Theater PCs Installed Worldwide by 2013, Says ABI Research.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- While a multitude of non-PC devices will play a role in the connected living room of the future, that doesn't means the PC will fade away Verb 1. fade away - become weaker; "The sound faded out" dissolve, fade out change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the . In fact, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a new study from ABI Abi (ā`bī) [short for Abijah], in the Bible, King Hezekiah's mother. (Application Binary Interface) A specification for a specific hardware platform combined with the operating system. Research, PCs are destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. to play an ever-increasing role in the management, distribution and playback of multimedia content in the home, with both network-connected PC media servers and in-living room PCs growing in adoption over time. Both AV form factor home theater PCs and more traditional home theater PCs will grow to an installed base worldwide of 25 million by 2013. "There are two primary ways the PC can be incorporated into the digital living room," says principal analyst Steve Wilson Steve Wilson can refer to:
Microsoft's bundling of the Media Center application with Vista will help solidify the role of the PC in future living rooms, and clients running over home networks and extender See Media Center Extender, bus extender and DOS extender. technologies will be by far the leading way to connect a PC to the TV. However, ABI Research believes these efforts will take time, and there will be some bumps in the road, as shown by the fate of Intel's Viiv program. Further, while new broadband-based services may bypass the home PC initially, the PC model will become more inclusive in the future. There will still be a small market of home theater PC enthusiasts who buy custom-designed home theater PC systems resembling consumer audiovisual equipment. While all-in-one systems are a bit bulky today, in the future we will see more optimized designs for converging the PC and TV. "While the custom install market has some appetite for the best high end home theater PCs, it's a very limited demand," says Wilson. "Tech-savvy consumers who understand the advantages of a home theater PC are still price-sensitive and unwilling to pay ultra-high prices." Home Theater An audio/video entertainment center that has a large-screen TV and hi-fi system with three speakers in the front (left, right and center) and left and right speakers in the rear. Starting in the early 1990s, video inputs were added to stereo receivers and preamplifiers. and Media Center PCs in the Living Room (http://www.abiresearch.com/products/market_research/Home_Theater_and_ Media_Center_PCs_in_the_Living_Room) (Due to its length, this URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) examines the forces driving the home theater PC market and how regional factors are influencing adoption throughout the world. Forecasts are provided on a regional basis for key markets and products. In forms part of two ABI Research Services: Consumer Video Technologies (http://www.abiresearch.com/products/service/SE-CVT), and Home Networking (http://www.abiresearch.com/products/service/SE-HNET). ABI Research is a leading market research firm focused on the impact of emerging technologies on global consumer and business markets. Utilizing a unique blend of market intelligence, primary research, and expert assessment from its worldwide team of industry analysts, ABI Research assists hundreds of clients each year with their strategic growth initiatives. For information, visit www.abiresearch.com, or call +1.516.624.2500. |
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