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The survey results reinforce CEA's market research projection that total digital television (DTV) unit shipments will surpass analog television sales for the first time in 2005, based on the “digitaltuner mandate” issued by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The first time that dollar sales of digital television surpassed analog television was in 2003. “HDTV is here to stay,” CEA President and CEO Gary… Read More

Unit sales growth was even stronger, as the total for 2004 hit 18.85 million units, an increase of 28 percent compared to unit sales in the previous year. CEA Market Research shows that consumers also increasingly turned to higher resolution digital cameras. Digital cameras with five or more megapixel resolutions sold more than 7 million units, an increase of 176 percent compared to 2003. Digital cameras with four megapixel resolutions were… Read More

As Americans prepare for the nation's unofficial holiday — Super Bowl XXXIX – consumer electronics retailers are ringing up huge sales of digital television (DTV) products. According to figuresreleased today by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), December 2004 factory-to-dealer sales of DTV products hit 927,000 units, marking a 45 percent increase over December 2003. Total DTVsales for 2004 reached 7.2 million units, an… Read More

Manufacturer-to-dealer sales of consumer electronics will reach a record-high of $125.7 billion in 2005, according to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). These sales mark an 11 percent increase over the $113.5 billion dollars sold in 2004. The figures are part of CEA's bi-annual U.S. Consumer Electronics Sales and Forecasts report. The report was released yesterday following a presentation by CEA Director of Industry Analysis… Read More

Unit sales for November totaled 843,784 units and dollar sales topped $600 million. “With holiday sales still going strong, we expect 2004 will finish on a high note for DTV,” said CEA Director of Market Research Sean Wargo. “Sales have gone through the roof this year and the trend will only continue in the coming years, particularly as consumers become acquainted with products like Digital Cable Ready that make the… Read More

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) today announced the release of a new market research survey on teen consumer electronics (CE) consumers. Nearly all teens in this phone survey, 98 percent, said they watched a TV in the past 30 days, 91 percent used a DVD player, 87 percent used a desktop computer and 86 percent used a VCR. Substantial majorities also reported using wireless phones, videogame consoles and computer-based CD… Read More

This is marking a 136 percent increase in unit sales over October 2003 and a 102 percent rise in dollar sales. “We expected DTV sales to be strong in the final months of the year, but to see the numbers in print is an exhilarating affirmation of DTV's success,” said CEA Director of Industry Analysis Sean Wargo. “Year-to-date DTV sales total 5.4 million units and are on track to meet CEA's initial forecast of 6.9… Read More

New consumer research from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) finds high satisfaction among digital camera owners and a potential burgeoning market for media servers. The surveys found thatsome 84 percent of current owners are satisfied with their digital camera and 53 percent of consumers are interested in having the ability to store music on a PC and listen to it anywhere in thehouse. The surveys were released here Monday during… Read More

Resulting from the continuing maturity of the digital media player market, Omnifi announced today that it is dropping suggested retail prices for its DMP1 mobile digital audio streamer and DMS1 home digital audio streamer. The DMS1 will now be offered at a suggested retail price of $199, down from $299, and the DMP1 is being offered at a suggested retail price of $349, down from $599. Omnifi's General Manager, Tom O'Mara,… Read More

Following a record-breaking first quarter, manufacturer-to-dealer sales of digital television (DTV) products continued to soar through April 2004, with 309,098 units sold and more than $413 million generated in revenue for the month, according to figures released today by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). These April factory-to-dealer sales attest to the continued strength of DTV sales, which marked a 76 percent increase in units… Read More

Sales of standalone DVD players jumped 45 percent this month, compared to the same period in 2002, totaling more than 3.6 million units. The year-to-date figures for DVD products also improved, with TV/DVD combination sales now totaling 1.35 million units, a 300 percent increase over 2002.Year-end shipments for stand-alone DVD players have increased some 29 percent with unit sales totaling nearly 19 million units. “With half of U.S.… Read More

Total revenues for the month reached more than $707 million, a slight increase compared to the same period in 2002. Overall category sales were given a boost from strong sales of portable audioproducts and, in particular, MP3 players. Portable audio product revenues showed a 24 percent increase compared to September of 2002, pushing factory-to-dealer sales to nearly $260 million, thanks in part to impressive sales of both MP3 players and… Read More

“These figures not only top the sales charts – they're off the charts,” said CEA President and CEO Gary Shapiro. “We've clearly reached the mass market point for DTV, particularly high-definition television (HDTV) products, which account for 87 percent of the sales total. “If you look at CEA's sales figures since product introduction in the fourth quarter of 1998, you see that we've had… Read More

Unit shipments of MP3 players attained sales of 336,452 units- an increase of 138 percent compared to the same period in 2002. Year-to-date totals for MP3 players have reached $101.8 million dollars and 904,000 units in sales. Headset CD/MP3 player sales continue to rise in the triple digits, which helps push the audio category as well. In June, unit sales were up 202 percent, compared to the same period in 2002, to total sales of 547,000… Read More