HD DVR Set-Top Box Revenues to Rise

SCOTTSDALE: Revenue from the purchase of HD personal video recorder (PVR) set-top boxes is expected to increase by more than 61 percent by 2014, according to In-Stat.

In-Stat forecasts that as consumers migrate from standard definition to high definition, the revenue from SD boxes will fall from its current levels of 1.4 billion to 438 million by 2014. Total worldwide digital STB unit shipments will decrease by 10 percent from 2009 to 2014. Digital PVR STB unit shipments will increase 57 percent by 2014.

Only Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe will see increases over the next five years in STB unit shipments. With a market share of 36 percent, Asia leads the worldwide digital set-top box market. Among the major geographic regions, growth of HD set-top boxes will be strongest in Western Europe.