But Microsoft estimates that about 27% of U.S. consumers are media-philes and tech-enthusiasts who might be ready to try moving the video they've been collecting on their computers into their living-room televisions.

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TiVo's digital video-recording software for collecting your favorite prime time and cable shows is top notch, but the small company still has a ways to go in working out on-demand video download deals with studios and Web services.

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But it also uses other metrics, including total time spent, and last year began collecting data on video streams initiated by users at sites such as Google's YouTube, which it said provided a more accurate picture of the online video audience than unique visitors did.

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But the Lake District National Park Authority, which intends to enforce the limit by collecting evidence using digital video equipment, still cameras and a laser gun, believes it marks a new future for Windermere.

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