Coupled with some recent national press, and with Apple's spectacular announcements, the amount of interest and discussion about the future of Internet Television has really exploded. The popular son, the iPod, has garnered most of the press, but I personally found Apple's entrance with Frontrow to be a lot more exciting.
I came across this interesting new statistic from Chris Lanier's blog:
"Sales of Media Center PCs have skyrocketed since July 9, according to a recent study by Current Analysis. For the week ending August 20, 2005, Media Center PCs accounted for 43% of all desktop personal computers sold in the U.S. retail market, based on data from a sampling of U.S. retailers."