HIGH-DEFINITION multimedia interface (HDMI) continues to be the dominant interface in many consumer electronic devices. But its recent gains in PCs and mobile phones will drive overall HDMI device shipment compound annual growth rates approaching 21% through 2014, according to In-Stat.
Digital visual interface (DVI) shipments, however, should continue to increase for the next few years, primarily in PCs and PC peripherals, before starting a slow decline due to competition from both DisplayPort and HDMI, as well as DVI’s lack of a roadmap to update its standard.
“HDMI is in all, or nearly all, of the digital televisions, Blu-ray players and recorders, standard-definition DVD players and recorders, and HD set-top boxes that shipped in 2010,” said research director Brian O’Rourke, in the company’s press release. “HDMI also showed dramatic increases in portable consumer devices, like HD camcorders and digital still cameras in 2010. On the PC side, HDMI’s share of mobile PCs, graphics cards, and PC monitors is increasing. Additionally, mobile phones with HDMI ports shipped in the millions for the first time in 2010.”
The market research firm also predicts that the next significant target for HDMI devices is portable devices, including digital still cameras, camcorders, and mobile phones.
According to an In-Stat research report called DVI and HDMI: DVI Won’t Die and HDMI Rolls On:
– Over 350 million consumer electronic devices with HDMI shipped in 2010;
– HDMI appeared in automobiles for the first time in 2010 in the Honda Odyssey minivan; and
– HDMI is gaining traction in mobile PCs, graphics cards, and PC monitors.
