Since 2002,  HDMI development so far, transmission capacity and quality in the continuing upgrading, It has been upgraded to the latest version of HDMI 1.3. HDMI 1.3 not only can increase wide band one time or more, but also adds support for Deep Color technology, a broader color space, new digital audio formats, automatic audio / video synchronization support, and offers an optional Small Interface for the personal photo and video equipment. HDMI 1.3 spread more quickly, it will double the bandwidth of the original 4.96GBps to 10.2GBps.

        In-Stat statistical estimates, by 2011 the number of terminals with HDMI interface will reach 480 million. HDMI specification is a growing influence.

        As the global standard for digital connectivity, HDMI has been widely used on thousands of companies of consumer electronics and PC areas.

        In-Stat company’s market research shows that, the number of consumer products with HDMI will be more than one billion by 2010. While the penetration in the TV field, HDMI dominate in the HDTV(High definition television). According to In-Stat company’s statistical data, the proportion of HDTV with HDMI reached 92%. In-Stat’s further prediction, by 2010, all HDTV will configure at least one HDMI input, and many HDTV will configure more than one HDMI port.; Only 2010, the shipments of HDTV which supports the standard of HDMI will reach 130 million units.

         In recent years, HDMI has been the preferred interface in PC market. For the notebooks with play HDTV content function, HDMI is indispensable configuration. In- Stat  predicts , in the notebooks market,  by 2010, 16% of notebook computers will support HDMI. Such as ATI, NVIDIA, Intel and all mainstream graphics cards company have integrated HDMI in their chipset.

 

   The prospects of housing security market in China is better

According to iSuppli company’s research, China Security Industry’s revenue expected to grow from 15.1 billion dollars in 2007 increased to 247 billion dollars in 2012, by 10.3% per year. In 2008, the market revenue will grow to 176 billion dollars, up 16.3% in 2007. At the same time, the global security market revenue is expected to reach 42.5 billion dollars, up 6.7% over 2007.

　　The strong growth reflects the potential of mass-market consumer of China’s security industry. iSuppli Corporation recently conducted an industry survey showed that, the current international financial and economic crisis have not yet caused significant impact to the growth of the Chinese security market.

　　China’s main security industry applications can be broadly into four categories: video surveillance, access control, intrusion detection and intelligent management systems. Surveillance system in China holds the largest market share of 26.3%, follow by access control and intrusion detection systems. Although prisons, airports, seaports and other government-related fields are traditional monitor markets, the need of business applications which involving the financial industry, private transport, commercial and residential construction and other areas will grow rapidly in the next five years, the growth rate will be living in the first place in variety of applications.

　　With lower prices and standardized, and the emersion of easy to install and operate and low-cost products, the Internet Protocol (IP) camera applications is expected to win the acceptance of mass-market consumer. The general effective market of IP camera (TAM) will be increased from 38 billion dollars in 2007 to 72 billion dollars in 2012. Biometric identification, camera, hard disk video recorder (DVR) and intelligent transportation card (ITS) will be the four fastest growing applications. From 2007 to 2012, the compound annual growth rate of these applications will reach 36%, 16%, 15% and 13%.

Market demand for a variety of security products, covering many fields, including manufacturing, government, finance, transportation, education, health care, residential and commercial buildings. In the international market, the main users of security products are government, industry and individual families. In China, manufacturing, residential and commercial buildings are the three big market areas, which revenue is in the top three, the total share of more than 55%. The profit margins of China Security Industry is huge, which attract Changhong, TCL and other large domestic consumer electronics companies to join. Therefore, it’s expected that this will lead to margin dilution.

　　The influx of Information Technology (IT) and consumer electronics manufacturers will accelerate the integration of security supply chain. First, consumer-oriented IT companies will create more convenient and easier products to meet market demand.

　　Second, these companies will promote the standardization of security equipment and components and the promotion of function, thus promoting the overall system solutions and support the development of large-scale supplier brand.

Third, IT companies will use the intranet / Internet connection and the latest streaming media technology to improve product performance and accelerate product development time. IT companies may bring short-term market growth, but may damage the long-term earning prospects of the industry, thus distorting the overall development of the industry.

　　The trend of security system vendors should pay attention to is standardization of products. It will promote security applications to be more widely used. Personal income rose and the public pay more attention to security, will create a favorable market situation. Residential / consumer market will expand significantly.

　　Following the household appliances, furniture and consumer electronics products, the security device is the fourth most popular largest category of applications by household consumers. In new residential buildings, security system is often pre-installed in the construction process. These modern and standard products are usually very simple for most consumers, and easy setup and operation. However , in the next five years, consumers are more likely to buy their own video surveillance cameras and intrusion detectors and other security devices without the support of building security experts.

　　From 2007 to 2012, residential applications market share is expected to rise to 22.1% from 18.8%. Over the same period the government’s spending will decline in security. However, the rapid growth of video surveillance which used to monitor traffic and retailers, will drive the growth of the Chinese security market. Penetration of security systems is higher in manufacturing, it is expected that the growth in this area will slow down.