NORWALK, CT – Sales of digital home entertainment gear will reach reaching $411 billion by 2010, an average annual growth rate of almost 20% over the $166 billion posted in 2005, said
BCC Research.
Hubs and nodes are the largest device segment, accounting for 56% of total device sales in 2004 and 55% in 2010.
BCC divides the market into four categories: gateways (e.g., digital TV
receivers, cable and satellite boxes), hubs and nodes (media PCs,
digital audio and video players), output devices (digital TVs and
loudspeakers) and networking devices.
Output devices such as digital TVs accounted for 16% of total digital
home entertainment devices in 2004, a percentage that is expected to
rise to more than 27% by 2010.
Gateway devices are expected to increase
their market share about one point between 2004 and 2010 to 26%.
Networking devices consistently account for between 2% and 3%.