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After a series of false starts, sales of devices for the digital home will take off in 2007, the chairman of Acer said Tuesday.

Large numbers of users will start to replace their current home entertainment centers with digital devices because the hardware, mostly made from PC parts, is easier to use and connect to other gadgets, and thanks to attractive prices, said J.T. Wang, the chairman of Acer, at a conference in Taipei.
“This [2007] is the year all platforms, hardware and software, are ready,” he said.
The willingness of the entertainment industry to move forward on selling movies and music over the Internet is another key reason 2007 will the year of the digital home, said Jau Huang, chairman of CyberLink, a developer of media player software and recording on optical discs.
“It’s all about content. It’s all about experience,” he said…. Source: InfoWorld