Consumer electronics products remain hot, as cold hard cash statistics prove. U.S. factory-to-dealer sales of consumer electronics are expected to reach $140 billion this year, up 8 percent over 2005, according to the Consumer Electronics Association, a trade group based in Arlington, Va. That's only a...
The Consumer Electronics Association CEA trade group recently released its 2006 Five Technologies to Watch. The annual publication examines prominent technology trends poised to influence the consumer electronics industry in the year ahead. First, cheaper HDTV sets and more HD programming will...
Even though 2004 was supposed to be a breakout year for DVD recorder sales, retailers never saw the holiday rush some analysts expected. The Consumer Electronics Association was projecting 2004 sales of 1.5 million units for DVD players that can record programs on blank discs, but the final numbers fell...
By Patrick Giblin, The Modesto Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 9--For the first time in five years, digital cameras are the most likely item to be purchased as a Christmas gift, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. ...
What's the No. 1 planned gift item this holiday season? An answer of "DVD player" will be forgiven as that product has topped lists every year since the technology was introduced. Rather, digital cameras are now the most coveted gift for 29% of the population, according to the Consumer Electronics...
Navigation is providing a welcome boost in autosound this year, with sales to dealers up 150 percent in dollar volume, reaching $50 million year-to-date through June, according to the Consumer Electronics Association CEA. The industry shipped 42,000 DVD in-car navigation units during the first...
The digital revolution is well under way, and consumers are snapping up newer model TVs, portable music devices, digital cameras and even PCs at increasing rates. And in spite of doom and gloom predictions, home video and music continue to benefit from consumer enthusiasm for all things entertainment. It's...
NEW YORK-Sales of DVD players soared more than 68 percent in March, as more movies, including current box-office hits, are released on the format, which was introduced in 1997. The Consumer Electronics Association reported that more than 1.5 million players were sold during...
NEW YORK-Although unit sales of DVD players are expected to grow this year by more than 7 percent, price deflation will cause retailers to experience a decline in sales dollars by more than 6 percent. Data released by the Consumer Electronics Association show unit...
By Kevin Hunt, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 15--Everyone gets caught up in the season of giving, neglecting to face its consequences: the season of returning. But it's here (already?) and a lot of the camcorders, MP3 players...
DVD News 12-12-2003 'Technology is a Girl's Best Friend' Product Showcase Honorees Announced DVD NEWS-12 December 2003-'Technology is a Girl's Best Friend' Product Showcase Honorees Announced C1999-2003 DVD News. Distributed for AM Newswire Inc via M2 Communications Ltd (www.m2.com). ...
TV MEETS THE WEB-C2003 Van Dusseldorp & Partners - http://www.vandusseldorp.com/ Sales of digital video consumer products in the US have shown a marked increase in the first quarter of 2003 according to the Consumer Electronics Association CEA First quarter manufacturer to...
DVD News 02-04-2003 DVD NEWS-4 February 2003-DVDINSIDER: Vital Statistics According to statistics released by Nielsen VideoScan DVD title sales for the week ending Jan. 26, 2003 were 4,373,000 up 1,000,000 over last year. Year-to-date title sales are 22,117,000...
DVD News 01-07-2003 DVD NEWS-7 January 2003-DVDINSIDER: 2003 U.S. Sales of Consumer Electronics to Hit New Record Sales of consumer electronics products will total a record $99.5 billion in 2003, marking a 3.5 percent increase over 2002, according...
With the ever-popular DVD topping holiday wish lists for the third year in a row, according to the Consumer Electronics Association CEA, and prices dropping into bargain basement territory, how are retailers expected to make money on what is, by all accounts, the most popular CE product of all time?...
By Donna De Marco, The Washington Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 28--DVD players are selling faster than video cassette recorders for the first time, and the trend is expected to one day send VCRs the way of old-style record players and...
By Robert L. Borchardt President and CEO Recoton Corporation Yes, there will be a holiday season despite the changes in our personal and business lives as a result of the N.Y. World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the Pennsylvania disasters. All of us had our...
According to the "DVD Ownership and Market Potential" survey issued by the Consumer Electronics Association CEA, the rapid adoption of DVD is part of an even bigger growth trend. The survey found that interest in owning a DVD player is extremely high among current...
By David DeKok, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 16--It may not be a fully digital Christmas for Americans this year, but Consumer Electronics Association representative Jim Barry believes that day is coming. For example, he said, the...
LOW PRICES HELPED DVD SET A RECORD FOR NEW-GADGET ADOPTION. In 1972, Sony introduced the first home videocassette recorder in the United States, the U-Matic. Two years later, the company logged sales of 34,000, with an average wholesale price of almost $600 - the equivalent of more than $2,000...