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Home Media Hub Market Still Up For Grabs

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Many Solutions Competing for Role as Living Room Media Hub, Says ABI Research

Consumers are moving beyond basic PC-to-PC networks as they look to connect devices to the home network to access and share the growing array of digital content from the Internet, as well as from their own capture devices. While just a few years ago most consumers’ networks had only PCs on them, the growth in non-PC devices on the network has been significant. In a survey of online households in the United States, ABI Research has found that over 26% had a game console connected to their home network, 10% had a network storage device, and another 8% had some form of set-top box connected to their home network.

“The growth in non-PC devices on the home network continues as consumers look to access digital entertainment and community services being deployed over the Internet,” says research director Mike Wolf. “The growth in streaming music services such as Rhapsody, the positioning of popular video services such as YouTube for non-PC devices, and a host of other content-related services have created a surge in interest in going beyond the traditional PC-to-PC network.”

The PC vendors are not sitting still, however. While the market for home theater PCs has been fairly moribund in the US, other countries have seen greater interest in living room PC form factors. In Japan, PCTV hybrids have garnered significant consumer interest for the living room, and in the United Kingdom, Media Center PCs with TV tuners as an alternative to Freeview set-top boxes have also seen consumer adoption.

“The push in the consumer electronics, PC, and set-top box markets to enable IP connectivity for premium, user-generated and personal content distribution has been significant and can only be expected to grow,” adds Wolf. “The challenge will be one of finding ways to bring together the pay-TV, IP and home content domains into an interface that is easy for consumers navigate, and to make management of these devices simple and easy to troubleshoot.”

ABI Research’s new Research Brief Media Hub Snapshot: The State of Today’s Home Media Hub Market supplies a snapshot of the different options for this market. It forms part of the Home Networking Research Service, which also contains Research Reports, other Research Briefs, an Online Database, ABI Insights, and analyst inquiry support.

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 http://www.abiresearch.com, or call +1.516.624.2500.

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