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World Consumer Electronics Market - Markets at 2013 & Forecasts to 2018(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/n3sfq3/world_consumer) has announced the addition of the "World Consumer Electronics Market - Markets at 2013 & forecasts to 2018" directory to their offering. The study "Consumer Electronics" 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 its prospective up to 2018. The study includes a report and a detailed dataset. Key Topics Covered: 1. Executive Summary - Technological innovation, new services and new consumer habits - CE device sales will continue to rise up to 2018 - Mobile devices: best sellers worldwide - Over 2 billion connectable devices will be sold in 2014 2. Methodology - Indicators - Geographical coverage 3. TVs on the road to UHD and OLED - Thriving technological climate - UHD taking off: a few technical points - UHD taking off: product range expanding - UHD recording and broadcasting still in the trial phase - UHD equipment and services developing steadily - From LCD to OLED: technical highlights - UHD TV and OLED pricing models - TV sales expected to pick up in 2016 - Vast majority of TVs sold in North America and Europe are connectable - Ultra-HD TV in 8.4% of TV households in 2018 4. Set-top box (STB) segment: steady rollout of new functions - Set-top boxes: the future in detail - Online content slowing STB market growth - Digital STB sales: regional disparities - Cable STB: growth shaped by upgrades - Satellite STBs: growth thanks largely to Asia-Pacific - Terrestrial STBs: weak growth - IPTV STB: Average annual growth of 6.8% between 2014 and 2018 5. Digital media box (DMB) segment in the era of new gen consoles and the battle of the streaming boxes - DMB: the era of the hybrid box - Close to 10% average annual growth between 2014 and 2018 - Home consoles: the 8th generation is here - Blu-ray players, developing more slowly than hoped - DMA/DMR: success in the offing - DVR 6. Computers: inexorable loss of position in the digital home - Market begins to decline in 2015 - Average 4.2% drop in computer sales between 2014 and 2018 vs. a 15.3% increase for tablets - Especially sharp decline for desktop computers 7. Portable media device segment: momentum driven by 8th generation consoles and DMA, aka streaming boxes - Mobile devices: equally popular inside and outside the home - The most dynamic CE segment - Smartphones - Tablets - Handheld consoles: growing competition from smartphones and tablets - Handheld consoles account for 2.7% of portable media device sales worldwide in 2014 For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/n3sfq3/world_consumer CONTACT: Research and Markets, Laura Wood, Senior Manager. [email protected] Fax from USA: 646-607-1907 Fax from rest of the world: +353-1-481-1716 Sector: Consumer Electronics (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/categories.asp?cat_id=126&campaign_id=n3sfq3) . (c) 2014 M2 COMMUNICATIONS |