This IDC study examines the growth of the network-enabled video devices market in the United States and worldwide. The study focuses on the key drivers and inhibitors of networked video entertainment in the home and the primary video-centric devices that will facilitate the sharing of content. The study contains forecasts of network-enabled digital video recorders (DVRs), DVD players and recorders, digital televisions, and video-centric media adapter and media server devices.

"Networked video applications in the home have begun to hit their stride, with device vendors finally packaging the right mix of content services, user interfaces, price points, and messaging to reel consumers in. The technology to do this has been with us, but only now has the industry begun to hit its stride in implementation," says Jonathan Gaw, research manager of IDC's Connected Home program.