Destination: home

Consumer electronics manufacturers are cautiously moving towards mass-market home servers that bring digital content and access together in one device at the heart of a home entertainment network. There are plenty of products that merge types of digital content: camera phones, DVD/Hard Disc Drive recorders, camcorders that play MP3 files, and so on. Consumer electronics companies are pushing the idea of digital convergence but feel the public isn't yet ready for this ultimate aim.