Solid-state Silicon Tuner Market Gathering Momentum and Gaining Ground

The TV tuner market is in for a make-over, and silicon chip vendors are wooing the market to replace traditional TV tuners with silicon-based ones.

In-Stat's (News - Alert) unique and powerful data bases of product shipments, and insightful analysis of technology and market trends appear to indicate that the Silicon Tuner market has gained tremendous momentum. It forecasts that the worldwide value of the market will almost double within a period of five years, topping $ 500 Million in 2014.

The report includes examination of technology and market issues affecting the growth of the silicon tuner market in three key market segments: set top boxes, satellite set-top boxes, satellite TVs and consumer TVs.

Six distinct geographic regions, North America, Latin America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Asia Pacific, and the profiles of key silicon vendors have been taken into consideration while compiling the report. NXP is the global market leader for silicon tuners, followed by Microtune (News - Alert), Maxlinear, and others.    “TV set manufacturers want to make sure they can trust the silicon TV tuner vendor to support their design needs and reliably supply very high volumes,” Gerry Kaufhold, In-Stat analyst, said, adding that silicon TV tuner suppliers need global supply chains that can source assembly and test, and align their price roadmap with consumer markets. Recent research by In-Stat also found that some ultra-thin LCD TV sets are already using silicon TV tuners, as silicon tuners dissipate less power than can-type tuners, and have more consistent performance and quality due to tighter manufacturing tolerances. Their cost continues to decline as silicon process technologies improve.

The report gives a detailed forecast for the number of silicon TV tuners and satellite silicon tuners to be shipped, along with estimates for the annual dollar value for silicon tuners used in line-powered equipment.

Related In-stat research undertaken involves the digital set top box market. It has also researched the worldwide Blu-Ray and DVD Player/Recorder Market, and analyzed the declining costs, increased shipments and network capability.

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