Home Media Magazine - October 19-25, 2008 - (Page 20) NEWS www.homemediamagazine.com Set-Top Recorder Here to Stay By Erik Gruenwedel RESEARCH Even after a 30-year existence, the set-top box is projected to remain vital to the consumer electronics industry for at least the next 10 years, according to a new report. By 2012, 70% of the set-top box market is expected to include high-definition and/or digital video recorders, up from 35% in 2007 and underscoring consumer demand for time-shifted entertainment and HD, according to iSuppli Corp. “DVRs are cheap to integrate into [set-top boxes] because hard-disc-drive costs have plummeted,” said Jordan Selburn, principal analyst for set-top boxes for iSuppli. “With the street price of data storage just pennies per gigabyte and falling daily, the time is not far off when video storage hardware, whether at home or remote, will be essentially limitless and virtually free.” Selburn said with cable or satellite companies charging as little as $5 a month for DVR support, the incentive to record TV shows and movies is increasing. He said in the long term, media hubs and home theater networks would supplant the set-top box, resulting in lower costs and expanded video usage on displays throughout the home. “We aren’t there yet, but it is possible,” Selburn said. “Recording a show in one room and watching it on a device anywhere there.” — that’s the ultimate media center sceSeparately, iSuppli said more than 125 milnario. And with unlimited storage capacity lion HD displays would be shipped in 2008, and wireless connectivity inroads, we’ll get highlighting the need for HD content. ISUPPLI FIGURE: GLOBAL FORECAST OF PENETRATION OF DVR TECHNOLOGY IN SET-TOP BOXES (PERCENTAGE OF UNIT SHIPMENTS) 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 84.3% 74.3% 66.2% 59.7% 53.9% 49.6% 45.7% 40.3% 33.8% 25.7% 15.7% 2006 2007 2008 2009 46.1% 50.4% 54.3% 2010 2011 2012 I Non-DVR I DVR Source: iSuppli Corp. October 2008 CLASSIFIED SHOWCASE B R O W S E R D I S P L AY S PA C K A G I N G Sony Upgrades Its Game Hardware Continued from page 4 USED TAPES & DVDS BUSINESS SERVICES REDUCING YOUR INVENTORY? We Buy VHS, and also DVD & Video Games wireless technologies and the headset’s dualmicrophone design to enable clear and wideband wireless voice communication with the PS3 system. Sony ships the new headset as a bundle with the retail version of SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation. In an effort to compete with Microsoft Xbox 360 and Xbox Live’s Achievement system, the 2.5 update also will enhance the user interface for PlayStation Trophies. When players acquire a Trophy, the in-game notification will now include the specific Trophy icon created by the developer, while more intuitive options for comparing Trophies with friends have been added, including an icon to represent the Trophy level. The Trophy system will continue to expand through future firmware updates, catering to the PS3 community and the competitive nature of the more than 12 million registered PlayStation Network users worldwide. On the PSP front, firmware update 5.0 adds direct access to the PlayStation Store, enabling consumers to browse the store and download games, trailers and other content whenever they’re at a Wi-Fi hotspot. This eliminates the need for PSP to be connected to a PC or PS3 to download content. The download also adds a full-size, QWERTY on-screen keyboard to make text entry during Web browsing easier and more convenient. In addition, the PSP-2000’s video-out feature will be able to display classic PlayStation format titles at the full-screen size of the TV that the PSP is connected to; the feature also will support interlace displays. “These firmware updates keep both PS3 and PSP in lockstep with consumer expectations for gaming and entertainment, particularly the ability to download PSP games on the go, which is a functionality we know consumers can’t wait to get their hands on,” said Peter Dille, SVP of marketing and PlayStation Network, Sony Computer Entertainment America. “As we approach our second anniversary with PS3, it’s remarkable to look back at how much the system has evolved and improved, including its critical link to the PSP that effectively extends these entertainment capabilities beyond the home.” Extreme ideo (203) 733-7370 V CO M P U T E R S O F T WA R E #### P E O P LE I RENTRAK NAMES ROSENTHAL TO BOARD by providing the industry’s most comprehensive measurement of programming, advertising and sales trends across all media platforms,” said Rentrak chairman and CEO Paul Rosenbaum. 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