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Web-enabled components will triple in five years, says ABI

13 November 2008 23:42 by Andre "DVDBack23" Yoskowitz | 4 comments

According to a new ABI Research report, the amount of Web-enabled electronics will at least triple in the next five years, allowing more and more consumers to connect to the Internet via their video game consoles, TVs and Blu-ray players.

There are currently 60 million electronics components worldwide that are Web-enabled and ABI says there will be over 200 million by 2013. Internet-protocol-enabled TVs, which are the standard in Japan, will become commonplace in the USA, adds the report.

"One of the main facets of multi-screen offerings will be Web-based user interfaces and rich Web content across all three screens," ABI research director Michael Wolf said in a statement. "Beyond the PC and mobile environment is the Internet-connected TV screen."

More and more TV makers are integrating Ethernet ports into their TVs and Profile 2.0 Blu-ray players are doing the same.

Companies such as Netflix have encouraged the pushing of Internet capability by signing deals to have digital copies of movies streamed directly through Blu-ray players or TVs.

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wspdl (Newbie) 14 November 2008 9:43
And yet ISPs want to put a cap on our bandwidth. [ + quote]
windsong (Junior Member) 14 November 2008 13:27
Just bring out the microchips-in-yer-right-hand already and get it over with. Quit stallin'! [ + quote]
magnets (Newbie) 14 November 2008 21:58
*Quote:* There are currently 60 million electronics components worldwide what? are they counting actual devices or models? that statistic screams like a bum-pluck figure to me. [ + quote]
Azuran (Newbie) 15 November 2008 13:01
*Quote:* *Quote:* There are currently 60 million electronics components worldwide what? are they counting actual devices or models? that statistic screams like a bum-pluck figure to me. Thats exactly what I thought. [ + quote]