Intel is investing an even larger amount of research time to help bring content into the living room, with an estimated 12 billion devices offering 500 billion hours of content to TV viewers by 2015.
Multiple tech companies are taking their technology away from the PC market and bringing it into the living room in the years to come. Intel, during its annual Intel Developer Forum (IDF), has shown off various connected TV technologies over the past couple of years.
"TV is out of the box and off the wall," Intel CTO Justin Rattner told BBC News. "TV will remain at the center of our lives and you will be able to watch what you want where you want. We are talking about more than one TV-capable device for every man and woman on the planet. People are going to feel connected to the screen in ways they haven't in the past."
The expanding number of ways to watch content is the leading innovator of success in the living room. Furthermore, other hardware and software companies also are developing hardware and software able to make viewing online content in the living room an easier experience.
Aside from video game consoles, set-top boxes also have the ability to give consumers Internet access on the TV -- some newer HDTVs also have built-in ports for Cat5 cables.
