GristyMcFisty used our news submit to tell us about a study that is showing a growing desire to put our PC content on our televisions. Especially if there was an easy reliable method where we could record programs or movies on the PC and then play it back on television. Thanks Gristy!
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PC makers have already made significant strides toward positioning the desktop as an entertainment hub by including software for storing and viewing digital photographs and music, which are growing in popularity among consumers, Jupiter said. Providing software continues to make PCs as easy to use for entertainment as traditional consumer electronics, then the trend toward the computer as digital entertainment hub will continue. "We're going to increasingly see the PC play a predominant role as consumer electronics become more digital," Jupiter analyst Michael Gartenberg said. "If the PC is the repository for my music, for my pictures, for my recorded TV shows, that's a tremendous opportunity (for PC makers) and for companies selling services." Apple Computer has been pushing the idea of the Macintosh becoming a digital entertainment hub for some time, Gartenberg said. However, Apple has taken a different approach with the Mac. "They're focused more on someone working with content creation," Gartenberg said. |
The latest version of Media Center from Microsoft revealed on Tuesday, has made the PC 50% computer and 50% consumer electronics, Gartenberg said. Those percentages have to become 20% and 80%, respectively, for the PC to become successful.
"The consumer experience has to be on par with the experience from the best consumer electronics," Gartenberg said. The PC "has to respond quickly, it can't be buggy, and it can't crash."
Source: news.yahoo.com
