More DVRs are high-def, more multiroom units expected
May 17th, 2006The digital video recorder (DVR) is finding its way into more homes, and more DVRs are high-definition models:
IMS Research estimated that HD DVRS made up 29 percent of the total worldwide shipments in 2005, and the Austin, Texas-based research company projects that number to increase to 54 percent by 2010. In 2005, U.S shipments of HD DVRs were estimated to account for 36 percent of all DVRS shipments.
Cable and satellite TV companies, which are driving DVR growth by leasing or selling the devices to subscribers, no longer want to be confined to your living room. According to iSuppli,
…operators are looking to expand their footprint within consumers’ homes by deploying multi-room, or “whole-home” DVR capability. Multi-room DVRs support distributing video programming from a centralized DVR to multiple TV sets in the home by leveraging networking technologies over coax or powerline….
iSuppli expects the number of boxes with multi-room capability to expand from only a few million units last year to more than 50 million units in 2010.
• Link: Communications Technology