Nick
09-05-06, 06:09 AM
From SkyRetailer:
This week's BRIDGE takes a look at the impact of home theater, just in time for
CEDIA, taking place next week in Denver.
Data from Parks Associates, as cited in The BRIDGE, illustrates the home theater
category has more than one-third of all U.S. households owning a home theater
system in January 2005. Also, factory-level unit and dollar sales of HTiBs have
risen consecutively for seven years with unit sales seeing a formidable surge of
nearly 35 percent in 2004 to $971 million, CEA says.
CEA research also says shipment revenues for TVs will continue to grow during
the next handful of years, rising from $14.6 billion in 2004 to about $25.7 billion
in 2009. The numbers reflect a television market both the largest in history and
the biggest single CE product category ever, the organization said.
Data in The BRIDGE also shows that while competition among manufacturers and
retailers is driving prices down on any given television model, overall consumers
are choosing upgraded technologies with a higher price tag. Consequently, the
average wholesale TV price five years ago was about $325 whereas now the
average is closer to $525.
For the complete story, go to www.mbc-thebridge.com.
This week's BRIDGE takes a look at the impact of home theater, just in time for
CEDIA, taking place next week in Denver.
Data from Parks Associates, as cited in The BRIDGE, illustrates the home theater
category has more than one-third of all U.S. households owning a home theater
system in January 2005. Also, factory-level unit and dollar sales of HTiBs have
risen consecutively for seven years with unit sales seeing a formidable surge of
nearly 35 percent in 2004 to $971 million, CEA says.
CEA research also says shipment revenues for TVs will continue to grow during
the next handful of years, rising from $14.6 billion in 2004 to about $25.7 billion
in 2009. The numbers reflect a television market both the largest in history and
the biggest single CE product category ever, the organization said.
Data in The BRIDGE also shows that while competition among manufacturers and
retailers is driving prices down on any given television model, overall consumers
are choosing upgraded technologies with a higher price tag. Consequently, the
average wholesale TV price five years ago was about $325 whereas now the
average is closer to $525.
For the complete story, go to www.mbc-thebridge.com.