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Latency can make a video streaming service frustrating, but it typically doesn't outright ruin the experience, said Billy Nayden, research analyst at Dallas-based Parks Associates, a market research and consulting company specializing in consumer technology products That's not...

"It is an interesting area for Verizon to explore," noted Brett Sappington, senior director of research at Parks Associates "Playing games via the Shield provides the game console-like performance that core gamers prefer, which is important," he told the E-Commerce Times....

Smart speakers are becoming a more common platform for controlling connected entertainment due to a rapid increase in popularity and ease of use. Household penetration of smart speakers is expected to reach 47 percent among U.S. broadband households by 2022, based on Parks Associates estimates.

"While interesting, the technology is in its early stages," observed Parks Associates analyst Craig Leslie Sr "The graphics aren't photorealistic, showing the fuzziness encountered with many AI-generated images," he told TechNewsWorld. "It will require significant improvement ...

In a recent survey, 25 percent of broadband households indicated they were familiar with some type of VR technology, but just 8 percent actually owned a headset, Parks Associates researchers found. Headset Owners Using Them Less...

Recent surveys have confirmed the overall growth of social media news, growth among viewers 50 and older, and social media's place among young viewers. Sixty-seven percent of U.S. adults reported getting some of their news from social media in 2017, up from 62 percent in 2016, Parks Associates reported.

"At some point, an operator was inevitably going to have a carriage dispute with a Warner network and blame AT&T for anticompetitive behavior," said Parks Associates' Sappington "The fact that it was Dish, which directly competes in satellite and online services -- and so soon...

Smart speakers are becoming a more common platform for controlling connected entertainment due to a rapid increase in popularity and ease of use. Household penetration of smart speakers is expected to reach 47 percent among U.S. broadband households by 2022, based on Parks Associates estimates.

"Broadband providers are more likely to manage traffic for the most popular video streaming sites, such as YouTube and Netflix because those services account for much of the traffic across their networks," noted Brett Sappington, senior director of research at Parks Associates...

The Sonos Sound Platform allows the company not only to serve its installed base better but also broaden its product portfolio, making its brand more attractive to high-end customers, said Brad Russell, an audio analyst at Dallas-based Parks Associates, a market research and consulting company specializing in consumer technology products...

"A few weeks ago, there was news that Amazon Video would launch on Comcast's Xfinity boxes," said Kristen Hanich, research analyst at Parks Associates "We've also seen that Apple is forming partnerships to act as a streaming media portal, and that is a direction Amazon might b...

However, access for consumers likely is years away, according to Brett L. Sappington, senior director of research at Parks Associates, a market research and consulting company in Addison, Texas "This technology is primarily focused on professional graphics use rather than the ...

"Today, 62 percent of U.S. consumers in broadband households play video games at least one hour per week, and 10 percent of consumers in broadband households watch e-sports," said Hunter Sappington, research analyst at Parks Associates "This means that there is still a large p...

Due to the increased competition and number of partnerships, OTT video service penetration will increase by more than 85 million households from 2017 through 2022, Parks Associates has estimated, and volume of subscriptions will increase by more than 140 million New services h...

"IoT security is highly fragmented and many devices are vulnerable," observed Kristen Hanich, research analyst at Parks Associates "There are a large number of devices out there with known weaknesses that can easily be exploited by commonly available attacks," she told the E-...

The addition of multiroom functionality for the HomePod advances Apple's strategy for the product, said Dina Abdelrazik, research analyst at Parks Associates "Its market entry approach was to introduce the HomePod as a high-quality speaker positioned for a whole home audio exp...

Robot vacuum cleaners represent a thin market sliver, according to Parks Associates. They can be found in just 5-6 percent of broadband households "It's not a breakout product, but it's far and ahead the most commonly adopted robotic assistant," Parks Research Analyst Dina Abd...

Virtual reality needs its own kind of Web browser because the Web currently is designed for 2D, said Hunter Sappington, a researcher with Parks Associates. "As solutions like Mozilla's become more widely available, they will open up new possibilities for presenting and consum...

Nearly 40 percent of U.S. interactive security systems dealers who participated in recent Parks Associates research reported that half or more of their sales included a smart home device. Nearly half the dealers who were not offering interactive systems said they planned to do so within the next 12 months...

Feedback on the user experience from those who own or have tried VR headsets has been mixed, based on Parks Associates data. While the majority of survey respondents said they would like to be able to experience VR in their own homes, more than half also reported that they did not think the experience would be worth the extra expense of buying a headset. Most indicated that the experience exceeded their expectations, but one-fifth said it did not. One-third found the VR experience disorienting or uncomfortable...