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Home Networks Take Over

Home Networks Take Over

A new survey from ABI Research shows that over half of the broadband-equipped households in the US employ some kind of home network, making it a mainstream adoption now. More people are using laptops, game consoles, and Wi-Fi equipped cell phones at home.

"Our research shows that more than a quarter of home network owners have a games console on their home network, while another eight per cent have connected their mobile phone," said ABI Research director Mike Wolf.

And people appear to be interested in ways to use their networks beyond connecting online.

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ABI: iTunes Ignited Online Video

A new report from ABI Research finds that Apple’s move in late 2005 to sell television episodes and video through its iTunes Music Store marked the “big bang” for online video, although the new distribution channel will still need as long as five years to catch up with traditional avenues.

According to ABI analyst Mike Wolf, “At this year’s CES, gadgets took a backseat to the bevy of announcements by large online and content players. The flood of online content announcements from Google, Yahoo and others shows that after years of hesitation from the larger media players, the market for premium content online is finally beginning to take shape.”  Read more...

Canon Powershort S2 IS Released

From the press release:

Family vacations. Weddings. Sporting events. Baby’s first steps. Just hanging around. Canon’s new five megapixel PowerShot S2 IS digital camera allows consumers from the novice to the photo enthusiast the ability to capture high quality still images and movie clips of life’s most significant events.

“Canon leads the photo industry. Our convergent digital imaging technologies allow consumers to enjoy both high quality photos and video in one portable imaging device,” stated Yukiaki Hashimoto, senior vice president and general manager of the consumer imaging group at Canon U.S.A., Inc, a subsidiary of Canon Inc. (NYSE: CAJ). “The PowerShot S2 IS digital camera combines exceptional ease-of-use, functionality and image quality in a lightweight package.”  Read more...

Multimedia Networking Driving Chip Markets

Multimedia networking will drive the home networking semiconductor market over the next five years, as revenues grow 12% per year to reach over $2.3 billion in 2008, according to In-Stat/MDR (http://www.instat.com). The high-tech market research firm reports that this growth will come despite decreasing per unit prices, as overall unit momentum through 2008 will create a “rising tide” for the connected home silicon market.  Read more...

ViewSonic Enters Networked Media Market

ViewSonic Corp. today unveiled a wireless media networking initiative targeted at the burgeoning home networking market, estimated to reach $8.5 billion by 2008. The first products bringconsumers a complete solution for sharing digital video, pictures and music across consumer electronics devices.

ViewSonic’s product offerings include a wireless media adapter, the WMA100, along with two wireless media gateways, the 80GB WMG80 and the 120GB WMG120, to address growing needs for storing digital content and distributing it to any display throughout the home.  Superior wireless video performance is provided through the WMA100’s advanced video processing technology, while the WMG80 and WMG120 offer a benchmark combination of wireless routing and network storage functionality—including the ability to simultaneously view different files in multiple locations.

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Netgear, WD Team Up For Networked Storage

Netgear, Inc., and hard drive manufacturer Western Digital Corp. today announced the companies will jointly promote a complete, affordable wireless LAN solution with network-attached storage for home networks.

In a co-marketing effort between Netgear and WD, an affordable, wireless networked storage solution is available for under $200 USD. Customers who purchase from Best Buy both the Netgear Super G 108 Mbps Wireless Media Router (model number WGT634U) and WD’s USB 2.0 80 GB external hard drive between Aug. 1- 7, 2004, will receive a $20 rebate gift card from Best Buy. In addition to Best Buy’s $20 gift card, the customer will be eligible to receive an additional $90 in mail-in rebates from WD, Netgear and Best Buy.  Read more...

Maxtor, Linksys Join For Networked Storage

Maxtor and Linksys are teaming up to offer a network storage solution, pairing Maxtor’s external USB hard drives with the new Linksys Storage Link.

The small network appliance connects up to two USB 2.0 hard drives directly to an Ethernet network. The device will also accept USB flash drives. The Network Storage Link can also be set up so that storage devices are accessible from the Internet and it features a built-in backup program to schedule full, incremental, or synchronization backups of network drives.

The Network Storage Link features built-in disk utilities, accessible through a web browser. Users can format new disk drives, and scan drives for errors. The device can also send an email message when a hard drive gets nearly full, completely full, or has an error.  Read more...

Home Networking To Grow Exponentially

From In-Stat/MDR’s press release:

Home networking entered the mainstream in 2003 and early 2004, as large numbers of broadband users installed home networks to share Internet connections and electronics vendors delivered new products to send high-value entertainment content over the network. According to In-Stat/MDR (http://www.instat.com/), the continued need for broadband sharing and a growing interest in entertainment networking will drive the total value of equipment with a home networking connection of some type from $8.3 billion in 2004 to $17.1 billion by 2008.  Read more...

Comcast Offers Linksys Router/Modem Combo

Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems, Inc., today announced the deployment of the Linksys Wireless-G Cable Gateways as part of the Comcast Home Networking Platform. This teaming helped deliver theindustry’s first CableHome deployment, which includes a certified all-in-one networking hardware device –the Wireless-GCable Gateway (WCG200) – which makes it easy for households to share a cable broadband connection wired or wirelessly throughout the home.

Comcast, the nation’s top broadband provider, is offering “Comcast Home Networking” to its current and new high-speed Internet customers. Users who sign up for the service can receive a Linksys wireless gateway, along with network adapters for connecting up to five computers, professional installation, multiple levels of security, and increased downstream speed of up to 4Mbps. Customers can simply add the home networking program by calling, clicking or emailing Comcast customer service.

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TI Announces New Streaming Media Processor

From TI’s press release:

Making the networked home more user-friendly and compatible, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) has delivered a new level of cost-effective performance with its latest digital media processor solution for networked streaming media electronics in the home. Announced today, TI’s recent streaming media solution will enable a fresh level of functionality for consumer electronics:  Read more...

  • Less bandwidth needed for the transmission of video throughout the home
  • 30 percent improvement in media storage
  • Music, movies and photos in any format without user action
  • Video to a new class of consumer electronics, including consumer videophones, and digital media adapters
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