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iPad just the iceberg’s tip for 2010 entertainment product spending, says study

2010 WILL BE A MILESTONE year for digital and entertainment product spending as Canadians look to buy new gadgets and upgrade their existing gear, according to the quarterly Digital Life Canada study by Toronto’s Solutions Research Group (SRG).Some 57% of Canadian households (7.5 million) will upgrade a major household entertainment product this year with HDTVs, Windows PCs and Blu-Ray DVD players topping the list.However, HD digital set-top boxes and DVRs are much lower down the list, which suggests that cable and satellite companies are leaving money on the table when it comes to household entertainment spending, says the report.On the...