Sony Close to Break Even With PlayStation 4
IHS announced that its preliminary estimates put the total cost of manufacture for Sony’s new PlayStation 4 (PS4) video game console at $381.
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Television Sales Tank
IHS Inc. announced it forecasts that global shipments of televisions will slide to 226.7 million units in 2013, down from 238.2 million in the previous year.
US Flat Panel Television Sales Disappoint
IHS Inc. announced it expects that shipments of flat panel televisions in the United States will decline by 7% in the second-half of 2013.
Opportunity Knocks for Connectable Set-Top Boxes
IHS Inc. announced it forecasts that the global market for connectable Set-Top Boxes (STBs) will nearly double to 125.6 million units by 2017.
Growing Demand for Ultraslim Hard Drives
IHS announced it forecasts that shipments of ultraslim 5 and 7 mm hard disk drives (HDDs) will reach 133 million units by 2017.
TV Shipments Fall, Consumers Groove on Big Screens
IHS announced it reckons that shipments of television sets in the United States declined by 11% in the first quarter of 2013 compared to one year earlier.
Hope Springs Eternal for Ultra HD
IHS announced it reckons that Ultra High-Definition (Ultra HD) TVs may be better received in the marketplace than has been the case with 3D technology.
Solid-State Drives Going Great Guns
IHS announced it forecasts that PC Solid-State Drive (SSD) shipments will rise to 227 million units in 2017, up more than 600% from 2012, while shipments of hard disk drives (HDDs) will decline to 410 million units in 2017, down 14% from 2012.
US IPTV Growth Slows in Q4
IHS announced it reckons that the growth of the U.S. Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) market continued to decelerate in the fourth quarter of 2012.
Blu-ray 3D Coming of Age
IHS announced it reckons that although Blu-ray 3D makes up roughly 8% of the physical video business, it is quickly coming of age in the U.S. market.
Global 3D Market Flourishing
IHS announced it reckons that the global 3D consumer market is thriving, with clear and discernible growth across its major platforms, including cinema, home video and pay television Video-on-Demand (VOD).