ReportsnReports.com adds a new consumer electronics market research report, published in September 2014 and titled World Consumer Electronics Market, to its store. This research focuses on video devices and explores the main technological and industrial trends in the following market segments: TV - STB - Digital Media Boxes - Portable Media Devices - PC. It also delivers key findings on our market sizing and forecasts for CE and connected CE, with a highlight on Ultra HD TV set sales (volume and value) and it's prospective up to 2018. The study includes a report and a detailed dataset.
Executive summary of world consumer electronics market 2014 research report covers four major points including Technological innovation, new services and new consumer habits, CE device sales will continue to rise up to 2018, Mobile devices are best sellers worldwide and Over 2 billion connectable devices will be sold in 2014. The research also says that handheld consoles account for 2.7% of portable media device sales worldwide in 2014. The computers market is set to see average 4.2% drop in computer sales between 2014 and 2018 vs. a 15.3% increase for tablets. The era of hybrid box is set to take over in the digital media box (DMB) segment with this sector projected to see close to 10% average annual growth between 2014 and 2018.
The set-top-box market (STB) segment of consumer electronics industry is discussed in this research with its future in detail. Online content is slowing the STB market while regional disparities are visible in digital STB sales. Cable STB growth will be shaped majorly by upgrades whereas Asia-Pacific largely drives the growth of satellite STBs set-top-boxes market. Average annual growth of 6.8% between 2014 and 2018 is forecast for the IPTV STB sector.
The TVs market (Televisions) is on the road to UHD and OLED with thriving technological climate. UHD is taking off well with recording and broadcasting still in trial phases. UHD equipment and services sectors are developing steadily. TV market sales are expected to pick up in 2016 where in Ultra-HD TV is set to penetrate in 8.4% of TV households in 2018 and vast majority of TVs sold in North America and Europe are/will be connectable.
