The Tremendous growth in the DVD market can be summarized by the following market data from IDC

- DVD burners for PC : 3 million in 2002 and 50 million in 2006
- Recordable DVD media : 120 million units in 2002 , 1.6 billion units in 2006
- The price of DVD-R media is under $1.00
- The price of DVD player is under $100
- Consumer DVR is becoming popular
- PCs are adding TV / DVR functions (Windows Media Center)
- Digital broadcasting and HDTV is replacing the old analog standard
- Digital Camcorder : 9 million units shipped in 2002

The DVD market is rapidly moving from DVD playing to DVD burning

The popularity of DVD movies and the low cost of DVD players has created a significant DVD playing market.

However, digital media market always goes through the transition from playing to burning. Digital audio technology like the MP3 created a huge CD music burning market.

The same thing will happen to DVD video burning.

Market research indicates a 50 million unit shipment of DVD burner and 1.6 billion unit shipment of recordable DVD media in year 2006.