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To: view who wrote (36842)	10/21/1998 1:09:00 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 50808

No. Is there a replay?

To: view who wrote (36842)	10/21/1998 4:39:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Better get a big screen TV, you will need the space on top for boxes(and get a good universal remote, 4 or 5, and you'll never find the right one................................................ zdnet.com Study: Connected gaming consoles to lead a set-top invasion of U.S. homes By Robert Lemos, ZDNN October 20, 1998 4:51 PM PT Internet-connected gaming consoles, Internet TV set-top boxes and other information appliances are set to invade U.S. homes, with total sales jumping 76 percent annually, stated market researcher International Data Corp. in two reports released on Tuesday. "Handheld devices are on top today," said Sean Kaldor, vice president of IDC's consumer devices research group, "but strong growth in game consoles connected to the Internet and in Net TVs will push those devices ahead." To date, less than 3 million information appliances have been sold in the United States. By the year 2002, however, IDC expects the number of Internet-connected game machines to grow to 15 million and Net TV set-top boxes to reach almost 11.5 million. In total, the market for devices that deliver information to the consumer will top 55.7 million units by 2002, IDC predicts. Personal computers are not included in those numbers. Tuning into the Internet While most consumers will have a PC, Kaldor expects the Internet to connect to phones, game consoles, set-top boxes, cars and handheld devices as well. "I don't think we will have one gaming/cable/Internet/DVD set-top box sitting on top of your TV," said Kaldor. Instead, he compared the adoption of those Internet devices to that of the radios of yesteryear. "When you first got a radio, it was a big set that fit in your living room," he said. "Today, you may have a single rack system, but you also have car stereos, clock radios and Walkmen."