Slideshow: Network Babel in the Living Room

Are consumers awakening to a bright future of seamless electronic entertainment or an interoperability nightmare? By Seán Captain.
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Sharp is pushing its LCD TVs as command centers for receiving video, internet content and other entertainment.Photo: Seán Captain

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The PC is the center of Intel's Viiv entertainment universe.

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Sharp is pushing its LCD TVs as command centers for receiving video, internet content and other entertainment.

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At the Consumer Electronics Show, Panasonic promotes networks using existing cable TV or electrical wiring to ship audio and video around the house.

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At the Consumer Electronics Show, Panasonic promotes networks using existing cable TV or electrical wiring to ship audio and video around the house.

Photo: Seán Captain
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Sharp is pushing its LCD TVs as the command centers for receiving video, Internet content, and other entertainment sources.

Photo: Seán Captain