Archive for the Consumer electronics Category
47% of UK males would give up sex for a 50″ HDTV
UK retailer Comet found out 47% of of UK males and 33% of UK women are willing to give up sex for 6 months in exchange for a 50" HDTV. 25% mentioned they'd give up smoking for a free HDTV, and 25% sai...
70% of US consumers not interested in high-def DVD players
70% of US consumers surveyed by NPD Group are quite satisfied with their current DVD players, and have no interest in purchasing a high definition DVD player, be it HD DVD, or BluRay....
Consumer tech increases SMB productivity by 30-40%
Consumer technologies can increase small and medium business (SMB) productivity outside the office 30% to 40%, especially for the least empowered employees, according to Yankee Group....
17% of US kids watch movies on portable players
86% of kids who use a personal music digital player, listen to music on it, where watching movies comes in a distant second with 17%, according to NPD....
US kids download video clips to a device 7.1 times a month
Kids are downloading online video clips onto a device the most frequently each month (7.1 times per month), followed by music videos (5.7 times), music (4.2 times), games (3.1 times), and ring tones/r...
8.37 mln digital cameras sold in China in 2007
Digital camera sales in China are expected to reach 8.3701 mln sets in 2008, according to CCID Consulting. Sales volume in Q1-Q3 2007 reached 5.9208 million sets. The figure for Q4 2007 is expected to...
1.2 bln HDMI-enabled devices by 2010
Over 229 mln devices incorporating HDMI are expected to ship in 2008, with an installed base of nearly 1.2 bln HDMI-enabled devices projected by 2010, according to In-Stat. More than 750 consumer elec...
Consumer electronics sales to grow 6.1% in 2008
The consumer electronics industry is projected to post a healthy 6.1% increase in revenues in 2008, according to Consumer Electronics Association. Overall shipment revenues are forecast to top $171 bl...
500 mln portable navigation units to sell by 2015
While Garmin and TomTom remain the worldwide market leaders for portable navigation devices today, mobile phone makers Nokia, Motorola, LG and Samsung are expected to lead the way in the near future. ...
80% of TiVo owners and 82% of other DVR owners likely to skip commercials
Both TiVo and service provider DVR customers are just as likely to skip most commercials. Nearly 80% of TiVo customers and over 82% of service provider DVR customers indicated they skip all or most co...
14% of consumer eletronics spending happened online in 2007
Over 14% of the nearly $160 bln spent on consumer electronics (CE) over the previous 12 months was spent online, up from 5% in 2005, according to Consumer Electronics Association. CEA has estimated th...
Most wanted high-tech toys this holiday
The most wanted high-tech toy this holiday season is an HDTV, selected by 15.2% of the 1,012 individuals who participated in CTIA poll. Sony's PlayStation 3 placed second in the poll, selected by 13.7...
$4.5 bln spent on gadgets in the US so far
NPD Group reported Americans spent $4.5 bln on electronic gadgets between November 18th, 2007, and December 9th, 2007. This is 0.5% lower than 2006's figure....
Global consumer electronics market generated $1.8 trillion in 2006
World market for electronic products was worth some $1.8 trillion in 2006, a figure that is expected to increase to $2.0 trillion in 2007 and $3.2 trillion in 2012, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR...
More GPS units sold than PCs during Thanksgiving week
Spending on GPS units exceeded $100 mln during Thanksgiving week, up 237% from 2006 holiday season. The average price fell from $322 in 2006 to $171 in 2007. More people bought GPS units than bought P...
After-Thanksgiving technology retail sales up 6%
Consumer technology retail sales grew by 6% over 2006 to $2.2 bln for the week ended November 23, 2007. This figure is less than one-half of in 2006's growth rate, and it's the first time in the six y...
12% of Americans willing to pay extra for green consumer electronics
12% of US adults (or 25 mln Americans) are willing to pay extra for consumer electronics that use less energy or come from a company that is environmentally friendly, according to Forrester Research. ...
130 mln UPnP devices to ship in 2007
UPnP is pervasive in nearly all home networking hardware shipped today (an estimated 130 mln devices in 2007 will be UPnP-enabled) while DLNA is increasingly becoming important in allowing new devices...
460 mln network-enabled consumer electronics devices to ship by 2012
Total network-enabled consumer electronics and media devices shipments are expected to grow from 92 mln in 2007 to nearly 460 mln by 2012, exceeding the 368 mln network-enabled home gateways, routers,...
77% of video PMPs to be flash-based by 2011
In North America, the percentage of flash-based video PMPs will rise from 15% in 2006 to 77% in 2011. Elsewhere, flash-based video PMPs already account for the majority of the market and will continue...
Top wish list items for XMas: HDTV, laptop, digital camera, desktop
Solutions Research Group surveyed Americans regarding their top wish list items for Christmas. HDTV (33%) was followed by a laptop (20%), a digital camera (17%), and a desktop PC (14%). Men listed Son...
Integration and installation revenues to grow 8-9% between 2007 and 2008
US revenues generated through the custom integration/installation channel are projected to grow 8% to 9% from 2007 to 2008, according to Parks Associates. The overwhelming majority of installing deale...
21 mln US households had DVRs in 2006
Adoption of digital video recorders (DVRs), which were in only 21 mln US households at the end of in 2006, will more than triple to be in more than 69 mln households by 2012. Home networks, in use by ...
3 mln camcorders are sold yearly
According to NPD Group, some 3 mln camcorders are sold yearly. Sony dominates, with a 46% market share for the first half of the year. JVC is #2 at 14%. Pure Digital is currently #7....