Digital homes are now a reality

Digital homes are not of the future any more. With the kind of technology that is available now, homes are increasingly going digital with gadgets from the TV to the PC. Connect your TV to a TiVo or a Slingbox or an iPod and remake an idea of fun from the TV. The many companies that are offering products for digitising homes are new to the field, such as Microsoft, Apple, Sony, TiVo, Motorola, Cicso and more.

"The current state of the Web-connected home is disjointed," said ABI's Wolf, "but it's coming together. The network is figured out from a physical connection technology perspective, but now it's about the more complicated issues of content protections, media management and business models."