Music in the home of multimedia

Music is now an integral part of many homes. New convergence technology, e.g. hi-fi, PC, DVD player, games consoles, and radios, has massively opened up the ability for popular music to move into the home environment. In the same way that production has been changed, the action of listening and experiencing music has also been affected. As new media technologies expand and 'improve', our universal consumption is ever-changing. The digitisation of music files has, at grass-roots level, caused this, as now music can be shared and played through anything which can read and process the series of 0s and 1s. This can have diverse affects though. People will not be going to the cinema as often as prices are constantly rising and this is putting people off, when they can sit at home and watch a film in more comfort.