Creating a digital lifestyle at home

Are our lives being overtaken by technology? E-Commerce Times reports that consumers are adding on products and services to their TVs and PCs, creating a digital lifestyle for themselves. Service providers are popping up out of nowhere to offer add on services to compete with each other. Set top boxes, time/place shifters such as TiVo and Slingbox are gaining as consumers want to focus on having all possible options available. A variety of technology, electronic and computer companies are trying to be a part of the growth in the new home market.

"Service providers -- particularly in broadband access and television delivery -- view the deployment of Web-connected home applications as service differentiators and a means to promote customer loyalty," Kurt Scherf, principal analyst and VP at Parks Associates , told the E-Commerce Times.