10 Million Ultra HD Households by 2016

According to Strategy Analytics, ultra high-definition (Ultra-HD or UHD) TVs, which offer four times the display resolution of standard HDTVs, will be installed in nearly 10 million households worldwide by 2016. By 2020, more than 130 million households worldwide are expected to own a UHD TV. While most UHD TVs today are priced at more than $10,000, the research house expects prices to fall to the sub-$2,000 range within the next five years.The report predicts that global annual sales of UHD TVs will first exceed 1 million in 2015, and by 2020 global annual sales are expected to exceed 50 million units. The UHD market is expected to be dominated by displays of 60-100 inches or more: 80-inch and larger displays are expected to account for 26% of global sales in 2020 and 60- to 79-inch displays to account for 61%.