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Entertainment-Centric Home PCs and Networks to Reach
$12 Billion in Sales
“Media-PCs” to account for 40% of U.S. home computer sales in five
years; sales of multimedia networking receivers and adapters to exceed 20
million units in same time period
Home computers specifically designed for entertainment applications –
so-called “Media-PCs” – will account for 40% of home computer sales by the
end of 2008, according to Parks Associates’
The PC
as a Multimedia Platform. This new report indicates that net
additions of media-PC hardware units and software packages will reach
seven million U.S. households, approximately 20% of all U.S. households,
in five years. Sales of specialized home networking equipment for PC-to-CE
connectivity will similarly grow, surpassing 21 million units shipped by
the end of 2008.
“Entertainment-specific PC platforms, software packages, and home
networking equipment provide clear benefits to consumers and industries
alike,” said
Kurt Scherf,
vice president and principal analyst at Parks Associates. “With widespread
use of ‘content peripherals’ such as digital cameras and portable MP3
players, the home computer is gravitating toward a more central multimedia
role for the average household. We expect that home networking solutions –
including Digital Media Receivers and Adapters – will be purchased in
growing numbers, especially as the service provider community adapts its
existing customer premise equipment to receive IP-based digital
entertainment content.”
Parks Associates’
The PC
as a Multimedia Platform addresses the prospects for PC-based
entertainment by examining hardware and software solutions designed to
enhance the multimedia experience. It also includes consumer analysis,
providing primary research on how end users interact with their home
computers now for entertainment purposes and how they view emerging
PC-based “entertainment-centric” solutions. For more information on this
or other Parks Associates’ research, please contact Parks Associates at
972-490-1113 or at
sales@parksassociates.com.
For more information about the home networking market, download the
white paper The
Home Network Market: Data and Multimedia Connectivity at
www.parksassociates.com.
About Parks Associates: Parks Associates is an
internationally recognized market research and consulting company specializing
in emerging consumer technology products and services. Founded in 1986, Parks
Associates creates research capital for companies ranging from Fortune 500 to
small start-ups through market reports, primary studies, consumer research,
custom research, workshops, executive conferences, and annual service
subscriptions.
The company's expertise includes new media, digital
entertainment and gaming, home networks, Internet and television services,
digital health, mobile applications and services, consumer electronics, and home
control systems and security.
Each year, Parks Associates hosts executive thought
leadership conferences CONNECTIONS™, with support from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®), and CONNECTIONS™ Europe. In addition, Parks
Associates produces the online publication Industry Insights in
conjunction with the CONNECTIONS™ Conference series.
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