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Bye Bye Set-tops?

Nearly 75 million U.S. households will have a connected TV by 2015, according to Parks Associates research, and content, games and everything else we need a set-top for nowadays will come directly into those connected HDTVs.

From the article, “Bye Bye Set-tops?” by Chris Tribbey
 

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