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| Generation D | |
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| The Digital Decade | |
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| The Urge to Be Connected | |
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| Our Daily Lives | |
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| The Digitization of Consumer Products | |
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| Why Digitization? | |
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| Converging Media Faster and Cheaper Components | |
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| Broadband Access | |
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| The Fat Internet Pipe | |
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| Home Networking | |
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| The Day of the Digital Consumer Device | |
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| Bringing it All Together | |
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| Digital Consumer Devices | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Era of Digital Consumer Devices | |
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| Market Forecast | |
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| Market Drivers | |
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| Phases of Market Acceptance Success Factors and Challenges | |
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| Functional Requirements What About the Personal Computer? | |
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| Digital Home | |
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| King of AllThe Single All-Encompassing Consumer Device | |
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| Summary | |
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| Digital Television and Video | |
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| Introduction | |
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| History of Television | |
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| Components of a Digital TV System | |
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| Digital TV Standards | |
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| SDTV and HDTV Technologies Digital Set-top Boxes | |
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| Market Outlook | |
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| Integrated Digital Televisions | |
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| Digital Home Theater Systems | |
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| Digital Video Recorders | |
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| Summary | |
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| Audio Players | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Need for Digital AudioStrengths of the Digital Domain Principles of Digital Audio | |
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| Digital Physical Media Formats Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) | |
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| Internet Audio Formats | |
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| Components of MP3 Portable Players | |
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| Flash Memory | |
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| Internet Audio Players Market Data and Trends | |
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| Other Portable Audio Products | |
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| Convergence of MP3 Functionality in Other Digital Consumer Devices | |
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| Internet Radio | |
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| Digital Audio Radio | |
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| Online Music Distribution12 | |
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| Cellular/Mobile Phones | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Definition | |
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| Landscape | |
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| Migration to Digital and 3G | |
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| Standards and Consortia | |
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| Market Data | |
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| Market Trends | |
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| Summary | |
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| Gaming Consoles | |
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| Definition | |
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| Market Data and Trends | |
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| Key Players | |
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| Game of War | |
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| Components of a Gaming Console | |
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| Broadband Access and Online Gaming | |
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| Gaming ConsolesMore Than Just Gaming Machines | |
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| PC Gaming | |
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| Growing Convergence of DVD Players and Gaming Consoles New Gaming Opportunities12 | |
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| Digital Video/Versatile Disc (DVD) | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Birth of the DVD | |
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| DVD Format Types | |
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| Regional Codes | |
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| How Does the DVD Work? | |
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| DVD Applications | |
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| DVD Market Numbers, Drivers and Challenges | |
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| Convergence of Multiple Services | |
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| Summary | |
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| Desktop and Notebook Personal Computers (PCs) | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Definition of the Personal Computer | |
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| Competing to be the Head of the Household | |
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| The PC Fights Back | |
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| Portable/Mobile Computing Requirements Overdose | |
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| New PC Demand Drivers | |
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| Summary | |
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| PC Peripherals | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Printers | |
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| Scanners | |
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| Smart Card Readers | |
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| Keyboards | |
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| Mice | |
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| Summary | |
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| Digital Displays | |
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| Introduction | |
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| CRTsCathode Ray Tubes | |
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| LCDLiquid Crystal Displays | |
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| PDPPlasma Display Panels | |
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| PALCDPlasma Addressed Liquid Crystal Display | |
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| FEDsField Emission Displays | |
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| DLPDigital Light Processor | |
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| Organic LEDs | |
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| LED Video for Outdoors | |
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| LCoSLiquid Crystal on Silicon | |
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| Comparison of Different Display Technologies | |
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| FPO | |
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| Three-dimensional (3-D) Displays | |
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| The Touch-screen | |
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| Digital Display Interface Standards | |
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| Summary | |
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| Digital ImagingCameras and Camcorders | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Digital Still Cameras | |
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| Digital Camcorders | |
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| Summary | |
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| Web Terminals and Web Pads | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Web Pads/Tablets | |
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| Role of the Service Provider | |
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| Summary | |
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| Internet Smart Handheld Devices | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Vertical Application Devices | |
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| Smart Handheld Phones (or Smart Phones) | |
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| Handheld Companions | |
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| History of the PDA | |
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| PDA Applications PDA Form Factors | |
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| Components of a PDA | |
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| Summary | |
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| Screen and Video Phones Introduction | |
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| Definition | |
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| History | |
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| Screenphone Applications | |
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| The Screenphone Market | |
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| Categories and Types | |
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| The Pu | |