According to one In-Stat analyst, nearly 75 percent of all personal video recorder shipments are HD PVRs

According to new In-Stat research, more than 40 million HomePlug, HomePNA and MoCA networking nodes were shipped last year.

A study from research firm SNL Kagan estimates that 84 percent of the U.S. population—including consumer, business and double users—will have mobile phones by the end of 2007. This number is expected to pass 100 percent by 2013.

Home media networks allow consumers to use digital content in a variety of new ways.

The extender, simply put, allows a home with only one next-gen disc player or HD STB to circulate and view identical HD content at multiple locations within a home that is wired with coax cable.

The average American adult spends $1,200 on consumer electronics in a year. That's the finding of the Consumer Electronics Association, which also says the typical U.S. household owns 25 consumer electronics products.

By 2012, the number of network-enabled consumer electronics and media devices will grow to 460 million, says the research firm.

According to a recent In-Stat analysis, premium services, such as HD and DVR/PVR uptake, will help to spur growth in the mature segment of the DTH TV market.