Apple and Microsoft, with their AppleTVs and Media Centers, keep hoping that their personal computers will win a seat in the living room, but so far few consumers are inviting them in. Only 1.5 million broadband-connected households have a PC connected to their TV, according to a study conducted by Park Associates last year. “It might come down to the simple fact that consumers don’t want to buy one more black box for the living room,” says analyst Kurt Scherf.But a far more subversive way to deliver movies and television content digitally to the home without plugging in another box is already showing up: sending movies by way of the videogame console.
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