TG Daily has a somewhat thorough two page write up that focuses on what the 'Big Battle of 2007' will be, the battle for the your digital living room. All statistics seem to indicate that PVR use, and for that matter digital oriented lifestyles, are on the rise, so next year will be a big year for digital adoption.The article covers what the author believes will be the 3 biggest contenders for your home: Sony with the PS3, Microsoft with Media Center and Apple with the iTV. Some of you may wonder how you can compare these 3 products when 2 of them aren't even released yet. Well the author took the liberty of making some educated guesses, so we'll see how those turn out.
The article goes through some of the features of each product and points out that they can go beyond the basic PVR functions, and with that they can all add extra value if you go with them. Worth noting is that although the PS3 is not a PVR, there have been rumors swirling for awhile about the possibility of adding that feature.
I won't spoil the article by saying who the predicted winner will be, but we would love to hear your thoughts on what 2007 will hold for PVRs. Feel free to leave a comment down bellow.
1. Next year, millions will own a PS3. All will have it hooked up to a TV, but not all on the living room TV. A reasonable number of them will use it as an HDDVD player, at least initially. A much smaller number will use the other media capabilities.
Millions will own MC enabled Vista PCs. A few will hook them up to TVs. Very few will hook them up to the living room TV.
I predict very few sales for the iTV as currently featured.
Who's going to own the living room in 2007? Motorola, just like this year.
http://www.pvrwire.com/2006/10/25/motorola-shipped-more-cable-set-top-boxes-than-anyone-else/
Posted at 5:05PM on Oct 25th 2006 by Bill G