IHS iSuppli announced it forecasts that global unit shipments of consumer electronics (CE) products will climb 2.6% in 2011, partly driven by rising sales of items that play a role in the connected home and focus on usability.
Zoran SoCs Add Sensio Hi-Fi 3D
Sensio Technologies announced that Zoran will integrate Sensio Hi-Fi 3D decoding technology into new Zoran System-on-Chip (SoC) products for 3D-capable televisions and Set-Top Boxes (STBs).
STMicroelectronics STB Chips Support New Security Technologies
STMicroelectronics announced that it is sampling Set-Top Box (STB) decoder chips that support the latest security and content protection technologies, including the NDS VideoGuard Security Kernel and DVB-CSA3 descrambler system.
Digital Video Applications Drive Hard Disk Market
In-Stat announced it forecasts that hard disk drive shipments will reach over 1 billion units by 2014.
THX Media Director Gains Traction
THX Ltd. announced that LG Electronics, Sonic Solutions, JVC U.S.A, Epson America and Onkyo Sound and Vision will integrate THX Media Director technology into their devices and content distribution systems.
Sensio Launches 3D Autodetect
Sensio Technologies Inc. announced SENSIO Autodetect for Audio/Video Receivers (AVRs), Set-Top-Boxes (STBs), 3D televisions (3DTVs), Blu-ray Disc (BD) players and professional video-processing equipment.
Sigma Launches Latest Media Processor
Sigma Designs announced its SMP8910 media processor for integration into Blu-ray Disc (BD) players and Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) Set-Top-Boxes (STB).
DTT Set-Top Box Market $6 Billion by 2014
In-Stat announced that it expects high definition Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) Set-Top Box (STB) revenues to hit nearly $6 billion by 2014.
SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Gaining Traction
In-Stat announced it expects that nearly 14 million SuperSpeed USB 3.0 devices will ship in 2010, rising to over 1.7 billion by 2014.
Sigma Processor Powers Verismo STB
Sigma Designs announced that its SMP8652 secure media processor is being used inside Verismo Networks’ broadband TV set-top-box (STB).

