According to recent research In-Stat, in 2014, the supply of devices with HDMI will exceed 300 million units in quantitative terms.
The popularity of HDMI in the electronics industry due to the small size of universal connector, which easily can be placed on the body of a thin laptop, tablet or smart phone, and the interface allows to connect a large number of audio and video equipment units (such as monitors, projectors or TVs support for Full HD).In-Stat also mentions the following:
- in 2013 35% of all mobile PCs will use the Embedded DisplayPort (standard for internal connection of LCD in notebook video adapter);
- 117 million LCD monitors with DVI will be put up in 2011;
- HDMI will be used in 82% of audio and Video Receivers in 2012;
- more than 19 million digital cameras with HDMI support will be available in 2014.
This forecast has been prepared by In-Stat Multimedia Interfaces, which are involved in tracking, analyzing and forecasting the prevalence of interface technologies for computers and peripherals.