DVD player and recorder units will have a combined market of 176.6 million units sold worldwide in 2010, up from 140.8 million units in 2005, reports market research firm In-Stat. The forecast for 2006 predicts that Europe will be the strongest region for DVD players and recorders with a combined total of 38.4 million units sold, the market research firm says.
"The future of this market though is all about high definition DVD players based on 'blue laser' technology. These players will enter the market at premium prices, and as there has been no compromise between the HD-DVD camp and the companies that sponsor Blu ray technology," said In-Stat analyst Chris Kissel.
Other findings:
With the servo chipset, optical pick-up, H.264 decoder and royalties making up the majority of the cost, the initial estimates for the bill of materials for blue laser disc players is over . Most of the costs are forecasted to decline considerably over the forecast period, except for royalties. The promise of the guaranteed premium royalty bounty is obviously at the heart the high definition DVD format wars.
Consumers who had hard drive discs (HDD) on their DVD recorders were much more likely to record content than consumers with only a recorder drive.
DVD recorders are evolving into devices that become a part of a media center/server system. Added connectivity means that consumers can aggregate digital pictures, download MP3 files or transfer old VHS tapes onto DVD discs.
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