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Amassing Digital Fortunes: A Digital Storage Study - March 2008

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market research, non-profit community, for-profit community, online shopping habits, technology adaptation, ethnic comparisons, generational comparisons, US consumer electronics market, consumer technology research, needs analysis, data analysis


Publication Date: 01-MAR-08
Format: PDF
Price: $999.00
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
   

Description

Whether from online music and video sources or capture devices like digital cameras and camcorders, the mass of digital content under management at the typical U.S. household is simply enormous. And this is only the beginning as content creation and acquisition ramps further. The net result is a massive number of digital files requiring storage and management. And one would assume, given the degree of investment consumers are making in their collections, whether in terms of money or time, they would be taking precautions to protect these assets. But is this true? Are consumers backing up their files? Or even, how are they storing them and are they happy with their current solutions? Answers to these questions hint at the opportunities surrounding the rising tide of digital content and so serve as the basis for CEA's latest survey, Amassing Digital Fortunes: A Digital Storage Study. Read on to learn more about consumer's growing storage and back-up needs.

Table of Contents

  1. GENDER
  2. AGE
  3. RACE
  4. ETHNICITY
  5. INTERNET CONNECTION
  6. INCOME
  7. REGION
  8. CE OWNERSHIP
  9. DIGITAL FILE OWNERSHIP
  10. NUMBER OF DIGITAL FILES: DIGITAL PHOTOS?
  11. NUMBER OF DIGITAL FILES: OTHER IMAGES (E.G., GRAPHICS)?
  12. NUMBER OF DIGITAL FILES: MUSIC?
  13. NUMBER OF DIGITAL FILES: AUDIO BOOKS?
  14. NUMBER OF DIGITAL FILES: OTHER AUDIO FILES?
  15. NUMBER OF DIGITAL FILES: HOME MOVIES?
  16. NUMBER OF DIGITAL FILES: TELEVISION SHOWS?
  17. NUMBER OF DIGITAL FILES: MOVIES (NOT INCLUDING HOME MOVIES)?
  18. NUMBER OF DIGITAL FILES: OTHER VIDEO FILES?
  19. NUMBER OF DIGITAL FILES: PDF FILES?
  20. NUMBER OF DIGITAL FILES: SCANNED DOCUMENTS?
  21. NUMBER OF DIGITAL FILES: HOME OFFICE DOCUMENTS?
  22. NUMBER OF DIGITAL FILES: GAME FILES?
  23. NUMBER OF DIGITAL FILES: OTHER TYPES OF DIGITAL FILES?
  24. PERCENTAGE OF FILES IN HIGHEST QUALITY AUDIO
  25. PERCENTAGE OF HD VIDEO FILES
  26. NUMBER OF DIGITAL FILES EXPECTED TO CREATE/CAPTURE: DIGITAL PHOTOS?
  27. NUMBER OF DIGITAL FILES EXPECTED TO CREATE/CAPTURE: OTHER IMAGES (E.G., GRAPHICS)?
  28. NUMBER OF DIGITAL FILES EXPECTED TO CREATE/CAPTURE: MUSIC?
  29. NUMBER OF DIGITAL FILES EXPECTED TO CREATE/CAPTURE: AUDIO BOOKS?
  30. NUMBER OF DIGITAL FILES EXPECTED TO CREATE/CAPTURE: OTHER AUDIO FILES?
  31. NUMBER OF DIGITAL FILES EXPECTED TO CREATE/CAPTURE: HOME MOVIES?
  32. NUMBER OF DIGITAL FILES EXPECTED TO CREATE/CAPTURE: TELEVISION SHOWS?
  33. NUMBER OF DIGITAL FILES EXPECTED TO CREATE/CAPTURE: MOVIES (NOT INCLUDING HOME MOVIES)?
  34. NUMBER OF DIGITAL FILES EXPECTED TO CREATE/CAPTURE: OTHER VIDEO FILES?
  35. NUMBER OF DIGITAL FILES EXPECTED TO CREATE/CAPTURE: PDF FILES?
  36. NUMBER OF DIGITAL FILES EXPECTED TO CREATE/CAPTURE: SCANNED DOCUMENTS?
  37. NUMBER OF DIGITAL FILES EXPECTED TO CREATE/CAPTURE: HOME OFFICE DOCUMENTS?
  38. NUMBER OF DIGITAL FILES EXPECTED TO CREATE/CAPTURE: GAME FILES?
  39. NUMBER OF DIGITAL FILES EXPECTED TO CREATE/CAPTURE: OTHER TYPES OF DIGITAL FILES?
  40. ACCES TO FILES
  41. LOCATION OF FILES
  42. LOCATION OF LONG-TERM STORAGE
  43. STORAGE LOCATION
  44. SIZE OF INTERNAL HARDDRIVE
  45. PERCENTAGE OF HARDDRIVE SPACE USED FOR DIGITAL FILES
  46. SATISFACTION WITH LONG TERM STORAGE
  47. LENGTH OF TIME FILES CAN BE STORED WITHOUT DEGRADING
  48. LENGTH OF TIME FILES CAN BE STORED ON FLASH MEMORY WITHOUT DEGRADING
  49. BACK-UP FILES
  50. METHOD OF BACKING UP FILES
  51. NUMBER OF FILES BACKED UP: DIGITAL PHOTOS?
  52. NUMBER OF FILES BACKED UP: OTHER IMAGES (E.G., GRAPHICS)?
  53. NUMBER OF FILES BACKED UP: MUSIC?
  54. NUMBER OF FILES BACKED UP: AUDIOBOOKS?
  55. NUMBER OF FILES BACKED UP: OTHER AUDIO FILES?
  56. NUMBER OF FILES BACKED UP: HOME MOVIES?
  57. NUMBER OF FILES BACKED UP: TELEVISION SHOWS?
  58. NUMBER OF FILES BACKED UP: MOVIES (NOT INCLUDING HOME MOVIES)?
  59. NUMBER OF FILES BACKED UP: OTHER VIDEO FILES?
  60. NUMBER OF FILES BACKED UP: PDF FILES?
  61. NUMBER OF FILES BACKED UP: SCANNED DOCUMENTS?
  62. NUMBER OF FILES BACKED UP: HOME OFFICE DOCUMENTS?
  63. NUMBER OF FILES BACKED UP: GAME FILES?
  64. NUMBER OF FILES BACKED UP: OTHER TYPES OF DIGITAL FILES?
  65. FREQUENCY OF BACK UP: DIGITAL PHOTOS?
  66. FREQUENCY OF BACK UP: OTHER IMAGES (E.G., GRAPHICS)?
  67. FREQUENCY OF BACK UP: MUSIC?
  68. FREQUENCY OF BACK UP: AUDIO BOOKS?
  69. FREQUENCY OF BACK UP: OTHER AUDIO FILES?
  70. FREQUENCY OF BACK UP: HOME MOVIES?
  71. FREQUENCY OF BACK UP: TELEVISION SHOWS?
  72. FREQUENCY OF BACK UP: MOVIES (NOT INCLUDING HOME MOVIES)?
  73. FREQUENCY OF BACK UP: OTHER VIDEO FILES?
  74. FREQUENCY OF BACK UP: PDF FILES?
  75. FREQUENCY OF BACK UP: SCANNED DOCUMENTS?
  76. FREQUENCY OF BACK UP: HOME OFFICE DOCUMENTS?
  77. FREQUENCY OF BACK UP: GAME FILES?
  78. FREQUENCY OF BACK UP: OTHER TYPES OF DIGITAL FILES?
  79. HOUSEHOLD MEMBER WHO BACKS UP FILES
  80. REASONS FOR NOT BACKING UP FILES
  81. START OF FILE BACK UP
  82. SATISFACTION WITH BACK UP
  83. PREFERENCE
  84. IMPORTANCE OF ABILITY TO: EASILY SHARE THEM WITH OTHERS?
  85. IMPORTANCE OF ABILITY TO: EASILY MOVE THEM AROUND?
  86. IMPORTANCE OF ABILITY TO: EASILY PRINT THEM?
  87. IMPORTANCE OF ABILITY TO: EASILY LISTEN / WATCH / VIEW THEM?
  88. IMPORTANCE OF ABILITY TO: EASILY MAKE BACK-UP COPIES?
  89. IMPORTANCE OF ABILITY TO: EASILY STORE THEM FOR LONG-TERM?
  90. AGREE/DISAGREE: I NEED A DEVICE THAT CAN BETTER ORGANIZE MY DIGITAL FILES.
  91. AGREE/DISAGREE: I NEED MORE STORAGE SPACE FOR MY DIGITAL FILES.
  92. AGREE/DISAGREE: I NEED A BETTER WAY OF BACKING-UP MY DIGITAL FILES.
  93. AGREE/DISAGREE: I AM CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING MY DIGITAL FILES.
  94. AGREE/DISAGREE: I AM MORE CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING MY DIGITAL FILES THAN MY PHYSICAL ONES (E.G., MUSIC CDS, PAPER FILES, PRINTED PHOTOS).
  95. AGREE/DISAGREE: I AM CONCERNED ABOUT RUNNING OUT OF STORAGE SPACE FOR MY DIGITAL FILES IN THE FUTURE.
  96. EXPECTED STORAGE PURCHASES
  97. EXPECTED STORAGE EXPENDITURES
  98. TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
  99. MARITAL STATUS
  100. EDUCATION
  101. GENERATIONAL COHORT


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