Consumer Video Web Convergence

More and more video component manufacturers are including web functionality to their feature lists. I recently polled 372 people (consumers, friends and business acquaintances) asking if they are using or considering converging features as must haves. Only a short number currently owned video products that offered web connectivity. Out of the 170 that replied to my poll questions, only 55 would consider upgrading to take advantage of features normally used on their PCs or mobile devices. Most were happy with their flat-screen just being a plain old TV. Of the web features and applications listed on this poll, the number one reason or consideration for upgrading was downloading on-demand HD quality movies from companies like Blockbuster. A very close second was video phone services like Skype's video / phone conferencing functionality. Interesting stuff, even if it was only a small group of people.