iSuppli: HDTV Shipments Pass Standard TVs

By Geoff Duncan
October 23, 2008

Market analysis firm iSuppli says shipments of high-definition televisions have now surpassed shipments of standard-def TVs.

Market analysis firm iSuppli has released its forecasts for the growth of the high-definition television market through 2012, and the report contains one interesting tidbit: in 2008, shipments of high-definition televisions have already overtaken shipments of standard-definition televisions.

"The technology is everywhere these days—on broadcast television, on cable, on satellite, and on the Internet," said iSuppli senior analyst Sheri Greenspan, in a release. "You can't escape hearing about something being broadcast in HD or getting the most out of your HD receiver or the most HD channels available."

Overall, iSuppli is forecasting that HDTV unit shipments will increase to 241.2 million per year by 2012, which is a compound annual growth rate of about 20 percent. Conversely, iSuppli sees standard definition television shipments declining to just 23.1 million units by 2012, a steep ...

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