Report: PC-TV Tuners: Multimedia PCs' Preemptive Strike To Control The Emerging Digital Living Room TOC

Executive Summary
Methodology
- Methodology
  - Previously Issued Reports That Provide Useful Information
PC-TV Tuners Move Multimedia PCs Into The Consumer Mainstream
- Multimedia PCs with PC-TV Tuners Enhance Entertainment
  - On-Line Data Enhancements Become Available
    - Access To Program Information Helps Consumers Find What They Want
  - PC-TV Products Make Personal Computers Integral To TV Viewing
    - Visual Entertainment Intended For General Audiences
- Once The "Content" Gets Onto The PC, Things Can Happen!
What Goes Into A PC-TV Tuner
- PC-TV Tuner Product Features
  - Receive The Analog Or Digital Television Transmission
  - Demultiplex Analog Or Digital Video Streams
  - Successfully Decode And Display Individual TV Programs
  - Provide Stereo Or Surround Sound Audio Outputs
  - Enable Enhanced Functions Such As Electronic Program Guides
  - Provide Optional Conditional Access For Pay-TV
  - Decode High Definition Television Program Streams
  - Provide High Definition Output Signals To A TV Set
  - Provide Optional Dolby Digital(TM) Multichannel Audio Outputs
  - HDMI Digital Outputs Connect Directly To HDTV Displays
  - Provide Copy Protection Of Premium "Content"
  - Copy Protection Different Than Conditional Access
Entertainment PCs Combine Computers With Devices And Networks To Change The World!
- Four Ecosystems Exist For Consumer Entertainment "Content" And Communication
  - Understanding These Ecosystems Sets The Stage To Understand The Importance Of PC-TV Tuners And Multimedia PCs
- Professionally Controlled "Content" Delivery Systems and Services That Provide Delivery Channels To Consumers
- Consumer Controlled Personal "Content" Management
  - Personal Computers Are Already The Repository For A Lot Of Personal "Content" Because They Have Massive Storage Capacity
- Hybrid Content Delivery Systems That Permit Consumer "Content" To Be Delivered Using Professional Content Delivery Services
  - The lines between Professional "Content" and Personal "Content" are blurring. New Revenue Opportunities For Professional "Content" Services To Manage The Distribution Of Authorized Personal "Content"
- Two-Way Communications Services
  - Personal Computers Are Communications Devices
  - Cell Phones Are Becoming Computers And Game Machines
  - Consumers Want To Communicate And Share Their "Content"
- Everything Starts With PC-TV Tuners Bringing TV "Content" Onto PCs And Opening Pandoras Box
- PC-TV Tuners Are Only One Aspect Of A Multimedia Home
The Importance of Free-To-Air TV Services
Twelve Key Trends For PC-TV Tuners
- Trend 1
- Trend 2
- Trend 3
- Trend 4
  - The "Freckle Effect" Explains Deployments Of Digital Terrestrial TV Services
- Trend 5
- Trend 6
- Trend 7
- Trend 8
- Trend 9
- Trend 10
- Trend 11
- Trend 12
Four Major Software Implementations Of PC-TV Tuner Software Suites
- Microsoft Windows Media Center Edition Implementations
- PC-TV Tuners That Are Microsoft-Compatible But Are Not MCE- Compliant
  - Remote Controls Had Been An Important Market Differentiator
- Apple Macintosh PC-TV Tuner Products
- PC-TV Tuner Products For Linux Or Other Operating Systems
How In-Stat Segments The PC-TV Tuner Market
- Internal PC-TV Tuner Products
- Other PC-TV Tuner Products
Overall Consumer PC Market Shipment Forecast
- Microsoft Windows MediaCenter Edition (MCE) Unit Shipment Forecast
  - Microsoft Windows Media Center Edition Is Available Worldwide
Forecasts For PC-TV Tuner Products
- North America By Category
  - Internal PC- TV Tuner Products - North America
  - Other PC-TV Tuner Products - North America
- Europe By Category
  - Internal PC- TV Tuner Products - Europe
  - Other PC-TV Tuner Products - Europe
- Asia By Category
  - Internal PC- TV Tuner Products - Asia
  - Other PC-TV Tuner Products - Asia
- ROW By Category
  - Internal PC- TV Tuner Products - ROW
  - Other PC-TV Tuner Products - ROW
Worldwide Summaries By Category
Regional Summaries
- All Internal PC-TV Tuner Products By Region
- All Other PC-TV Tuner Products By Region
Summary Of All Internal And Other PC-TV Tuner Products By Region
Important PC-TV Tuner Companies
- ATI Technologies
  - ATIs All-In-Wonder® X800 XL For PCI Express
- Hauppauge Digital
  - Hauppauge Products Cover All Form Factors And PC Platforms
  - Hauppauge MediaMVP And Other PC-To-TV Products
    - Hauppauge Also Has A Complete Line For Media Center Edition (MCE) PCs
  - Hauppauge Digital Terrestrial TV Products For European Market
- Pinnacle Systems
  - Pinnacle Systems Products Are Ready For Digital Terrestrial TV
- AVerMedia Technologies
  - AVerMedia Ultra TV PCI 300 and PCI 350
- MicroStar International Computer (MSI)
  - MSI™ Media Center Deluxe II & TV@nywhere PC-TV
- Cyberlink
  - Cyberlink Software Suites Make PC-TV Tuner Products More Useful
  - Cyberlink Digital Terrestrial TV R&D Center In Europe
- Conexant
  - Conexant CX23880 Series World Leader For PCI-Bus And For PCI Express Bus Add-In PC-TV Tuners And Support MCE
  - Conexant Restructures To Better Support All Digital Video Markets
    - Conexant Broadband Media Processing Division Has All The Puzzle Pieces
- LSI Logic
  - PC-TV Tuners Benefit From LSI Logics DoMiNo™ Architecture
  - DoMiNo™ Architectures 6th Generation MPEG Encoder Provides "Digital" Quality For Analog PC-TV Products
- Microtune
  - Microtune MicroTuner(TM) MT2060 Used In Pinnacle PC-TV Tuner
  - Microtune Supplying ATI ALL-IN-WONDER® PC-TV Tuners
    - Microtune Supplying Toshiba Qosmio Multimedia PC With Built-in PC-TV Tuner
- Philips Semiconductor
  - Long History Of PC-Video And TV Semiconductors
  - Leading Vendor Of PCI Chips For PC-TV Tuners
    - SAA7146A Supports DVB-T For PC-TV & DTT STBs
- STMicroelectronics
  - STi7020 High Definition TV Decoder
  - STV0360 COFDM Demodulator
  - EVAL 0360 Development Platform
    - EVAL 0360 Software Environment
  - STv-55xx-Series of OMEGA "Back End" Devices
- Texas Instruments
  - Long History Of DSPs Used For Video
  - High Volume DSP Silicon Process In Cell Phone Handsets
  - TI DM642 Multiple Video Stream Decoder
  - C64xä DSP Network Video Developers Kit
  - eXpress DSP Software And Development Tools
- Zarlink
  - ZL10353 Fully Compliant NorDig Unified COFDM Digital Terrestrial TV (DTV) Demodulator Provides Fourth Generation Performance
  - MT352 COFDM Digital Terrestrial TV Demodulator
  - Zarlink Roadmap

List of Tables

Table 1. Worldwide Retail Value Of PC-TV Tuner Products (US$ in Millions, Annual Growth Percentage, Compound Annual Growth Rate)
Table 2. Worldwide Consumer PC Shipment Forecast (Annual shipments in thousands by category, annual growth rate, percent of total)
Table 3. Countries That Will Have MCE PCs Shipping During 2005
Table 4. Annual Unit Shipments By Geographic Region Of Windows MCE PCs (annual unit shipments in thousands by region, annual growth rate, percent of total, Compound Annual Growth Rate)
Table 5. Annual Unit Shipments Of Internal PC-TV Tuner Products – North America (Annual shipments in thousands by category, annual growth rate, percent of regional total, CAGR)
Table 6. Typical Retail Sales Price Of Internal PC-TV Tuner Products By Category – North America (US$ per product)
Table 7. Annual Retail Value Of Internal PC-TV Tuner Products – North America (Annual value in US$ Millions, annual growth rate, percent of total, CAGR)
Table 8. Annual Unit Shipments Of Other PC-TV Tuner Products – North America (Annual shipments in thousands by category, annual growth rate, percent of regional total, CAGR)
Table 9. Typical Retail Sales Price Of Other PC-TV Tuner Products By Category – North America (US$ per product)
Table 10. Annual Retail Value Of Other PC-TV Tuner Products – North America (Annual value in US$ Millions, annual growth rate, percent of total, CAGR)
Table 11. Annual Unit Shipments Of Internal PC-TV Tuner Products – Europe (Annual shipments in thousands by category, annual growth rate, percent of regional total, CAGR)
Table 12. Typical Retail Sales Price Of Internal PC-TV Tuner Products By Category – Europe (US$ per product)
Table 13. Annual Retail Value Of Internal PC-TV Tuner Products – Europe (Annual value in US$ Millions, annual growth rate, percent of total, CAGR)
Table 14. Annual Unit Shipments Of Other PC-TV Tuner Products – Europe (Annual shipments in thousands by category, annual growth rate, percent of regional total, CAGR)
Table 15. Typical Retail Sales Price Of Other PC-TV Tuner Products By Category – Europe (US$ per product)
Table 16. Annual Retail Value Of Other PC-TV Tuner Products – Europe (Annual value in US$ Millions, annual growth rate, percent of total, CAGR)
Table 17. Annual Unit Shipments Of Internal PC-TV Tuner Products – Asia (Annual shipments in thousands by category, annual growth rate, percent of regional total, CAGR)
Table 18. Typical Retail Sales Price Of Internal PC-TV Tuner Products By Category – Asia (US$ per product)
Table 19. Annual Retail Value Of Internal PC-TV Tuner Products – Asia (Annual value in US$ Millions, annual growth rate, percent of total, CAGR)
Table 20. Annual Unit Shipments Of Other PC-TV Tuner Products – Asia (Annual shipments in thousands by category, annual growth rate, percent of regional total, CAGR)
Table 21. Typical Retail Sales Price Of Other PC-TV Tuner Products By Category – Asia (US$ per product)
Table 22. Annual Retail Value Of Other PC-TV Tuner Products – Asia (Annual value in US$ Millions, annual growth rate, percent of total, CAGR)
Table 23. Annual Unit Shipments Of Internal PC-TV Tuner Products – ROW (Annual shipments in thousands by category, annual growth rate, percent of regional total, CAGR)
Table 24. Typical Retail Sales Price Of Internal PC-TV Tuner Products By Category – ROW (US$ per product)
Table 25. Annual Retail Value Of Internal PC-TV Tuner Products – ROW (Annual value in US$ Millions, annual growth rate, percent of total, CAGR)
Table 26. Annual Unit Shipments Of Other PC-TV Tuner Products – ROW (Annual shipments in thousands by category, annual growth rate, percent of regional total, CAGR)
Table 27. Typical Retail Sales Price Of Other PC-TV Tuner Products By Category – ROW (US$ equivalent per product)
Table 28. Annual Retail Value Of Other PC-TV Tuner Products – ROW (Annual value in US$ Millions, annual growth rate, percent of total, CAGR)
Table 29. Annual Unit Shipments Of Internal PC-TV Tuner Products By Category– Worldwide (Annual shipments in thousands by category, annual growth rate, percent of regional total, CAGR)
Table 30. Annual Retail Value Of Internal PC-TV Tuner Products By Category – Worldwide (Annual value in US$ Millions, annual growth rate, percent of total, CAGR)
Table 31. Annual Unit Shipments Of Other PC-TV Tuner Products By Category– Worldwide (Annual shipments in thousands by category, annual growth rate, percent of regional total, CAGR)
Table 32. Annual Retail Value Of Other PC-TV Tuner Products By Category – Worldwide (Annual value in US$ Millions, annual growth rate, percent of total, CAGR)
Table 33. Annual Unit Shipments Of All Internal PC-TV Tuner Products By Region (Annual shipments in thousands by category, annual growth rate, percent of regional total, CAGR)
Table 34. Annual Retail Value Of All Internal PC-TV Tuner Products By Region (Annual value in US$ Millions, annual growth rate, percent of total, CAGR)
Table 35. Annual Unit Shipments Of All Other PC-TV Tuner Products By Region (Annual shipments in thousands by category, annual growth rate, percent of regional total, CAGR)
Table 36. Annual Retail Value Of All Other PC-TV Tuner Products By Region (Annual value in US$ Millions, annual growth rate, percent of total, CAGR)
Table 37. Annual Unit Shipments Of All Internal And All Other PC-TV Tuner Products By Region (Annual shipments in thousands by category, annual growth rate, percent of regional total, CAGR)
Table 38. Annual Retail Value Of All Internal And Other PC-TV Tuner Products By Region (Annual value in US$ Millions, annual growth rate, percent of total, CAGR)
Table 39. Comparison Of Worldwide Annual Retail Value Of Internal And Other PC-TV Tuner Products (Annual value in US$ Millions, annual growth rate, percent of total, CAGR)

List of Figures

Figure 1. Block Diagram of an Example PC-TV Tuner
Figure 2. Emerging Connected Digital Home Includes PC-TV Products
Figure 3. Windows Media Center Edition Shipments Compared Against Shipments Of Desktop And Laptop Consumer Personal Computers (Annual worldwide unit shipments in millions)
Figure 4. Annual Retail Value Of Internal PC-TV Tuner Products - North America (Annual value in US$ Millions)
Figure 5. Annual Retail Value Of Other PC-TV Tuner Products - North America (Annual value in US$ Millions)
Figure 6. Annual Retail Value Of Internal PC-TV Tuner Products - Europe (Annual value in US$ Millions)
Figure 7. Annual Retail Value Of Other PC-TV Tuner Products - Europe (Annual value in US$ Millions)
Figure 8. Annual Retail Value Of Internal PC-TV Tuner Products - Asia (Annual value in US$ Millions)
Figure 9. Annual Retail Value Of Other PC-TV Tuner Products - Asia (Annual value in US$ Millions)
Figure 10. Annual Retail Value Of Internal PC-TV Tuner Products - ROW (Annual value in US$ Millions)
Figure 11. Annual Retail Value Of Other PC-TV Tuner Products - ROW (Annual value in US$ Millions)
Figure 12. Annual Unit Shipments Of Internal PC-TV Tuner Products By Category- Worldwide (Annual shipments in thousands by category)
Figure 13. Annual Retail Value Of Internal PC-TV Tuner Products By Category - Worldwide (Annual value in US$ Millions)
Figure 14. Annual Unit Shipments Of Other PC-TV Tuner Products By Category- Worldwide (Annual shipments in thousands by category)
Figure 15. Annual Retail Value Of Other PC-TV Tuner Products By Category - Worldwide (Annual value in US$ Millions)
Figure 16. Annual Unit Shipments Of All Internal PC-TV Tuner Products By Region (Annual shipments in thousands by category)
Figure 17. Annual Retail Value Of All Internal PC-TV Tuner Products By Region (Annual value in US$ Millions)
Figure 18. Annual Unit Shipments Of All Other PC-TV Tuner Products By Region (Annual shipments in thousands by category)
Figure 19. Annual Retail Value Of All Other PC-TV Tuner Products By Region (Annual value in US$ Millions)
Figure 20. Annual Unit Shipments Of All Internal And All Other PC-TV Tuner Products By Region (Annual shipments in thousands by category)
Figure 21. Annual Retail Value Of All Internal And Other PC-TV Tuner Products By Region (Annual value in US$ Millions)
Figure 22. Comparison Of Worldwide Annual Retail Value Of Internal And Other PC-TV Tuner Products (Annual value in US$ Billions)
Figure 23. Listing Of Hauppauge Digital Terrestrial PC-TV Products For UK

PC-TV Tuners: Multimedia PCs' Preemptive Strike To Control The Emerging Digital Living Room

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