Abstract
As the PC market, which represents the bulk of hard drive shipments, has matured, there has been an increased emphasis by storage manufacturers to focus on the consumer electronics market. Additionally, as the amount of digital content available to the consumer and the desire to store it continues to increase, there has been a corresponding increase in the number of devices integrating hard disk drives in consumers・homes..
This report examines the integration of hard disk drive-based storage in consumer electronics products. It offers worldwide unit shipment and revenue forecasts for the following strategic segments of consumer electronics:
-PVRs (DBS, Cable, Stand-Alone, DVD, Other)
-Video game consoles
-Portable digital audio players
-Handheld Audio/Video Players
-Console audio jukeboxes
Additionally, it examines several emerging product segments, specifically discussing PDAs, GPS devices, digital cameras and camcorders, and mobile phones.
Industry trends, opportunities and hurdles are reviewed, and the forecast summary consolidates shipments for the entire market and compares drive sizes and growth of the CE segment as a percentage of the total HDD market. | 
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