HDMI Growth Surges, Reaches 1 Billion Devices

Although the transition to HDMI hasn’t been smooth for many integrators, the number of components including an HDMI connection is growing at a fast rate.

By the end of 2009, there were more than 1 billion devices with HDMI sold and installed, according to In-Stat.

In-Stat says HDMI will have 100 percent adoption among manufacturers in the following categories in the following years:

• Digital TVs (2009)
• Blu-ray Players (2010)
• All DVD Players (2012)

“The growth of HDMI adoption in components is not being driven by televisions, or home theaters,” says Jeff Park, technology evangelist for HDMI Licensing LLC. “The growth is really being fueled by non-home theater devices … things like digital still cameras, digital video cameras, portable media players, and even mobile phones."

Park says more devices will continue to produce high-def content and will require HDMI. “What this means is that, going forward, HDMI is going to be everywhere," he says. "It is not going to be avoidable."


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