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People are apparently willing to expand their surfing from TV channels to the Web, but they don't want to move from the living-room couch to the den to do it. Only a few years ago, many computer companies were hoping to expand their businesses by incorporating TV features within their devices, not the other way around.ДЄs many had predicted, however, the mass consumer market is far moreДЄware of television-based technologies than PCs and other Internet devices, according to research by International Data Corporation. Much of this blurring is taking place within a device oriented toward television, not the personal computer.

MIRACLE BOX REVIEW PC

'There are a number of PC manufacturers looking towards low-end PCs that are TV-centric, but we see a blurring of those distinctions.' Scientist and technical director for Scientific-Atlanta, which manufactures many of the cable set-top boxes in use today. 'As we move forward, we're going to see less and lessДistinction between a set-top box and a PC,' noted Bill Wal, chief The future of a world where television and the Internet become fully integrated rests upon the once-humble, no-frills cable TV set-top box.ДЇormerly relegated to just switching channels, it will be endowed with the potential to control an entire network of devices in the home ranging from PCs to VCRs, as well as serve as a communications device for phone and videoconferencing service.

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