Monday, October 9, 2006
CEATEC: Shiny New Media PCs
Posted by Jason Eaton in "ARTICLE" @ 12:00 PM
“The PC is changing. Once simply a computer with spreadsheets for the family budget and games for the kids, home PCs are rapidly evolving into home entertainment systems, equipped with digital television tuners, high-definition displays, and other features drawn from consumer electronics. Globally, media PCs represent a fraction--just 5 percent--of desktop computer sales, said Eric Kim, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Digital Home Group, during a speech at the Ceatec exhibition in Chiba, Japan. While media PC sales are relatively small at present, they will represent 30 percent of desktop sales by 2008, he said. While the rest of the world slowly warms to media PCs, the systems already dominate computer sales in Japan. "More than 60 percent of desktops sold in Japan today are already some kind of media PC," he said.”
The PC is dead! Long live the PC... well Media PC that is. While initial sales in North America are slow it appears that the time of the Media PC is approaching, and in Japan the Media PC is already in living rooms. Personally I am a laptop sorta guy so it will be awhile before I join the statistics. Have you made the switch?
The PC is dead! Long live the PC... well Media PC that is. While initial sales in North America are slow it appears that the time of the Media PC is approaching, and in Japan the Media PC is already in living rooms. Personally I am a laptop sorta guy so it will be awhile before I join the statistics. Have you made the switch?
