DVD playback is being combined with increasing numbers of consumer electronics products; hence DVD is going everywhere. In addition to TV sets, VCRs, and Home Theater systems, in 2002, DVD players have been added to cable set top boxes and personal video recorders.

DVD recorders will ship over one million units in 2002, which is just the beginning as the market will experience triple-digit unit shipment growth rates through 2005.

This report discusses all of these form factors offering forecasts for DVD+VCR and DVD Home Theater Systems. Five-year forecasts and market trends are also provided for portable DVD, automotive DVD, DVD-Audio, SACD, DVD players, and DVD recorders. We include a discussion of DVD components, their suppliers, and five-year bill of materials forecasts for DVD players and DVD recorders.

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
• Methodology
• Introduction
• DVD Royalty Issues
• DVD Players Still Going Strong
• Adding High-Density Audio to DVD
  • High-Density Audio Players
• DVD Around the Home
  • Portable
  • DVD+VCR
  • DVD+Home Theater
  • DVD+TV
  • DVD+PVR
  • DVD+Cable STB
  • DVD In the Car
• New Features in DVD
  • Enhanced DVD
  • Compression Formats
  • Digital Connections
  • Memory Card Interfaces
  • Network Connections
  • Progressive Scan
• Adding a Record Button
  • DVD-RAM
  • DVD-RW
  • +R/+RW
  • The Future
• Second-Generation DVD
  • Increasing the Capacity
  • Proposals for High Definition
• DVD Technologies
  • Optical Pickup Unit
  • MPEG-2 Compression
  • Audio Decoding
  • Memory
  • Copyright Protection
  • DVD Player Silicon
    • Integration
    • DVD Player Bill of Materials
  • DVD Recorder Silicon
    • DVD Recorder Bill of Materials
    • DVD Silicon Providers
      • Ali
      • Cirrus Logic
      • ESS Technology
      • LSI Logic
      • Mediatek
      • Oak Technology
      • Philips
      • ST Microelectronics
      • Zoran
      • Others

List of Tables

• Table 1. DVD Player License/Royalty Fees per DVD Player
• Table 2. Worldwide DVD Player Unit Shipments by Region (Units in Thousands)
• Table 3. DVD Player Average Selling Prices by Region (US$)
• Table 4. Worldwide DVD Player Revenues by Region (US$ in Millions)
• Table 5. Worldwide DVD Player with DVD-Audio Unit Shipments (Units in Thousands)
• Table 6. Worldwide DVD Player with SACD Unit Shipments (Units in Thousands)
• Table 7. Worldwide Portable DVD Player Unit Shipments (Units in Thousands)
• Table 8. Worldwide DVD+VCR Combination Players (Units in Thousands)
• Table 9. Worldwide DVD-Equipped Home Theater In a Box Unit Shipments(Units in Thousands)
• Table 10. Worldwide Automotive DVD Players (Units in Thousands)
• Table 11. Worldwide Progressive-Scan DVD Player Unit Shipments (Units in Thousands)
• Table 12. Worldwide DVD Recorder Unit Shipments by Region. (Units in Thousands)
• Table 13. DVD Recorder Average Selling Prices by Region (US$)
• Table 14. Worldwide DVD Recorder Revenues by Region (US$ in Millions)
• Table 15. DVD Player Bill of Materials
• Table 16. DVD Recorder Bill of Materials

List of Figures

• Figure 1. Worldwide DVD Player and Recorder Unit Shipments
• Figure 2. Basic DVD Player Block Diagram
• Figure 3. DVD Recorder Block Diagram