The purpose of this competitive industry report is to bring a greater awareness and understanding to the digital video recorder (DVR) market, and to identify key trends and players that are shaping the industry. Its goal is also to compare the types of DVR models and technologies on the market today, and how that calculates into sales during the next six years. By year-end 2008, there will be an estimated 28.6 million DVR users that will penetrate 25% of U.S. TV households. Of that amount, six companies will account for approximately 73% of the market. Those companies include
Digeo (Moxi), Metabyte Networks, Microsoft, OpenTV, SONICblue and TiVo.