Digitimes reports that Pioneer estimates that the demand for DVD recorders
will grow with 205% in 2004. In rough numbers this means that about 13.5 million
DVD recorders will be sold in that year. The numbers are published by a
Taiwanese subsidairy of Pioneer, Pioneer High Fidelity Taiwan. The company
expects that DVD recorders with a hard drive build in, that should replace the
current VHS recorders, will become mainstream this year.
Global DVD
recorder demand by region (thousand units)
Sales
Percent of
total
Sales
Percent of
total
Growth
Japan
2,200
50%
3,000
22%
36.4%
North America and
Europe
2,000
45%
10,000
74%
400.0%
Asia (excluding
Japan)
20
0%
70
1%
250.0%
Other
200
5%
430
3%
115.0%
Total
4,420
100%
13,500
100%
205.4%
Source: Digitimes
