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Monday, 30 January 2006 |
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 Digital Visual Interface (DVI) technology continued to lose ground in the Consumer Electronics (CE) market to its sister technology, High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), and is headed for losses in the PC market, reports In-Stat.
HDMI is a cable connection that is used to transmit digital signals from your cable set top box, DVD player or satellite receiver to your high definition television.The primary benefit of the HDMI connection is that it transmits uncompressed digital audio and video in one cable thereby producing the highest quality video image and sound quality.
HDMI-enabled device shipments (primarily HDTV televisions) increased from 5 million in 2004 to 17.4 million in 2005 primarily, the market research firm says. DVI-enabled shipments (primarily in computer monitors and peripherals) are projected to reach just under 66 million in 2006, and then begin a steady decline as HDMI is integrated into computer related products and other CE devices such as set-top boxes and DVD players and recorders.
“There are two reasons for the projected DVI decline,” says Brian O’Rourke, In-Stat analyst. “One is that the recently released HDMI 1.2 specification makes the standard more compatible with PCs. The second is two new specifications announced in 2005, DisplayPort and Unified Display Interface (UDI), which offer higher bandwidth and simpler design than DVI.”
In-Stat believes that the DVI connection should be completely out of the CE market by 2008.
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