“The enthralling, attractive, internet-accessing, low-powered television that    companies such as TiVo offer in their vision of the future sounds pretty    tempting. In truth, however, it will be a long time coming and only the    start of a new digital wave that is gradually building already.
A clue to this lies, for instance, with a host of major house-builders: when    installing cables for power and lighting, Barratt, Persimmon and other    developers now also put in cables for home audio and video. Purchasers are    then offered a multimedia pack, and all that’s required is the drilling of a    few holes in the right place. Plug in a suitable hi-fi, fire up the system    and individual, seamless music and video in every room is available    immediately.  Stage two is simply plugging this lot into the internet.”
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