11-14-2008, 02:57 PM
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Web-enabled components will triple in five years, says ABI
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According to a new ABI Research report, the amount of Web-enabled electronics will at least triple in the next five years, allowing more and more consumers to connect to the Internet via their video game consoles, TVs and Blu-ray players.
There are currently 60 million electronics components worldwide that are Web-enabled and ABI says there will be over 200 million by 2013. Internet-protocol-enabled TVs, which are the standard in Japan, will become commonplace in the USA, adds the report.
"One of the main facets of multi-screen offerings will be Web-based user interfaces and rich Web content across all three screens," ABI research director Michael Wolf said in a statement. "Beyond the PC and mobile environment is the Internet-connected TV screen."
More and more TV makers are integrating Ethernet ports into their TVs and Profile 2.0 Blu-ray players are doing the same.
Companies such as Netflix have encouraged the pushing of Internet capability by signing deals to have digital copies of movies streamed directly through Blu-ray players or TVs.
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Link: http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/15996.cfm
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