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%.