5.4. Driving CE, PC, and Mobile Industry Convergence

Consumers typically have three or more display devices in their home that will need to receive at a minimum the MPEG-2 video format. With digital TV, flat panel displays (plasma and LCD), DVD, DVR, and digital camera sales at an all-time high, it is clear that consumers' move to a multimedia home environment and wireless connectivity within those devices is a natural next step. Today, consumers must deal with multiple wired interfaces such as 1394 (FireWire) or USB (1.1 or 2.0), which complicates the interoperability among the PC-oriented products and consumer electronics devices. Although USB 2.0 is being incorporated in a greater number of consumer electronics devices, there is still a significant ...

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