Market for PVR products will stay strong, says In-Stat

GLOBAL UNIT SHIPMENTS of personal video recorder (PVR) products set a new record in 2009, and are well on their way to eclipsing that record this year, according to a new report by In-Stat.Fuelled by consumer demand to time shift television programming, pay-TV service providers are deploying millions of new PVR products each year. In fact, the report Strong Demand for PVR Products Continues predicts that annual PVR product unit shipments will surpass 50 million by 2014.“Historically, the PVR product segment has been a growth market, even though most unit shipments were restricted to just a few countries,” said principal...