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The State of High Definition High Definition TV, Optical Disk Formats and Players; HD Content Creation and Service Provider HDTV Delivery This study examines the range of technologies and systems driving the high definition marketplace. It assesses the creation and delivery of high definition content, and explores the challenges involved and the outlook for the market. The research surveys the connectivity options for consumer digital video and explains how those play into the rollout of high definition video in the future. Finally it focuses on the various television and DVD technologies and (in particular with DVD playback) provides an assessment of how red laser and blue laser technologies may play out in the marketplace. What Does This Report Answer? What is the penetration of high definition in the industry? For televisions? For DVD players? What will happen in the high definition DVD market? How much HD content is available? How can consumers receive HD content? What is the state of the broadcast industry with regard to HDTV? Will all content eventually become high definition? Who Needs This Report? IC Manufacturers Camera Manufacturers Consumer Electronics Vendors Content Providers Video Service Providers Financial Industry Section 1. Executive Summary 1.1 What is High Definition? 1.1.1 Expectations Unknown 1.1.2 Expectations Reset 1.2 Content and Services 1.2.1 Film and TV 1.2.2 High Definition Services 1.3 The Breadth of High Definition to Come 1.3.1 DVD Players and Recorders 1.3.2 Game Consoles 1.3.3 Connected Homes Section 2. Traditional Methods of Delivery and Consumption 2.1 DVD Players 2.1.1 Blu-Ray and HD-DVD Players 2.1.1.1 Blue Laser Suppliers 2.1.2 Universal Players Will Win Out 2.1.2.1 LG Introduces Universal Player 2.1.3 Red Laser Players 2.1.4 Upconverting Players 2.2 DVD Disks, Then and Now 2.2.1 The Nature of Disks, Its all about Capacity 2.2.2 Disc Capacity and Video Quality 2.2.3 Production Line Costs 2.2.4 Content Support: HD-DVD or Blu-Ray? 2.2.5 Total HD from Warner 2.3 Which Format Will Win? 2.4 High Definition Television Sets: 2.4.1 Plasma 2.4.2 LCD 2.4.3 DLP 2.4.4 LCos 2.4.5 CRT 2.4.6 Others 2.4.6.1 SED 2.4.6.2 OLED 2.5 High Definition Content Delivery Options 2.5.1 Satellite 2.5.2 Cable 2.5.3 Telco 2.5.4 Broadband 2.5.4.1 Impact of Bittorent 2.5.4.2 Broadcatching 2.5.5 Over-the-Air Broadcast Section 3. Availability of Content 3.1 Major Content Owners 3.2 Broadcasters 3.3 Content Production 3.3.1 Shooting in Film or Digital - What’s the difference? 3.4 Non-Service-Provider Content Availability 3.4.1 Availability High Definition Content on Optical Disc 3.4.2 Availablity of Content Over-the-Air Section 4. A Snapshot of HD by Region 4.1 United States 4.2 Japan 4.3 Europe 4.4 China 4.5 Korea 4.6 ROW Section 5. Technologies 5.1 Digital TV Over the Air Standards 5.1.1 ATSC 5.1.2 DVB-T 5.1.3 ISDB-T 5.1.4 DMB 5.2 Device Connectivity 5.2.1 Analog 5.2.2 HDMI/HDCP 5.2.3 USB2 5.2.4 IEEE 1394 5.2.4.1 HANA 5.3 Networking 5.3.1 Wired and Wireless Ethernet 5.3.2 WiMedia 5.3.2.1 Certified Wireless USB 5.3.3 WirelessHD 5.4 Standard Codecs 5.4.1 MPEG-2 5.4.2 Advanced Codecs 5.4.3 AVS 5.5 Branded Formats 5.5.1 Windows Media 5.5.2 DivX Section 6. Company List Section 7. Acronyms and Definitions Scope of Study Sources and Methodology Notes Tables and Charts User Survey Results: Video Consumer Electronics Device Usage User Survey Results: Home A/V Distribution Total Standard Definition and High Definition Player Shipments, Worldwide: 2004 to 2011 High Definition (Blue Laser) DVD Players Shipments, Worldwide: 2004 to 2011 Standard Definition and High Definition (Red Laser) DVD Player Shipments WorldWide: 2004 to 2011 Optical Disc Capacity: Single-side, Single-Layer Plasma HDTV Revenues, Worldwide: 2002 to 2011 LCD Direct View and Rear Projection HDTV Shipments, Worldwide: 2002 to 2011 High Definition DLP Shipments, Worldwide: 2002 to 2011 Rear Projection HDTV Shipments by Technology: 2002 to 2011 Penetration High Definition DVD Titles High Definition DVD Title Availability Forecast, 2006 thru 2010 The Video Product Ecosystem Optical Disk Track Pitch, Standard and High Definition DVD Video Camera Format Evolution: From Analog to Digital, 1970 thru 2000 Professional Video Camera Formats – The Road to High Definition, 1980 to date Weekly High Definition Programming Hours, Major US Networks High Definition DVD Players: Jan 07 Availability, Models, and Pricing HD-DVD Players: Toshiba Models thru Jan 2007 Density of Standard DVD Disks High Definition Optical Disc Capacity Optical Disc Production Line Capital Costs HD-DVD Title Availability Advantage: December 2006 Big 6 US Media Conglomerates

Report Code: RR-HDTV Purchase this product Email this page Number of Pages: 52 Number of Tables, Charts and Figures: 7 Deliverable Formats: Price: Login Release Date: 1Q 2007 Brochure Download Login Table of Contents: HTML Download Related Press Releases: 2007.01.23 Research Report Worldwide Set-Top Box Markets: CATV, DBS, IP, DTT Home Networking and Connected Home Market Overview High Definition DVD for the PC Market

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