The digital home: science fiction? [The Economist]
Technology firms are pushing a futuristic vision of home entertainment not because consumers are desperate for it but because they themselves are.
Whether or not computer, software, consumer-electronics, telecoms, cable and internet companies are in fact out of touch with consumers may be the biggest question facing these industries today. That is because the “digital homeâ€, a concept and category hugely hyped in executive circles but still rarely heard in discussions among consumers, represents their greatest hope for revenue growth.
