The market analyst company Research and Markets has released a new CCTV hardware report, based on in-factory tours.
Asia is the undisputed manufacturing centre for CCTV DVRs. Taiwan and Korea already account for 70% of the world's supply, while mainland China is emerging as an important sourcing centre with more than 200 suppliers engaged in this industry.
Research and Markets estimates the production to expand by at least 30% this year.
The new Asian report intends to answer a number of importants questions, such as:
- Where do you begin sourcing in this vast and active supply market?
- Which companies offer cutting-edge products needed by high-end markets?
- Who can offer you the best quality for your price entry point?

The 122-page report offers access extensive profiles of 47 leading suppliers throughout the region. This what the user of the report are offered:
- In-depth profiles of 29 leading makers in mainland China, Hong Kong, Korea and Taiwan, including details on their manufacturing capabilities, QC processes, product trends, pricing strategies and more. Based on personal factory visits and interviews with senior managers, this information is available nowhere else.
- Brief profile tables of 18 additional manufacturers packed with critical sourcing information including production capacities, major export markets, product lines, and more.
- A product gallery featuring 126 top-selling export models with top-line specifications and full-color photographs.
- This report covers: PC-based DVRs, standalone and mobile DVRs, digital video servers and DVR compression cards.
South Korea and Taiwan are still the primary production centres for DVRs, accounting for 35 percent to 40 percent and 25 percent to 30 percent, respectively, of world supply. These figures are based on estimates of industry sources in Asia, since official statistics are not available.
The global CCTV digital video recorder (DVR) market was worth US$4.3 billion in 2005, registering growth of 31 percent from US$3.7 billion in2004, according to statistics from the Electronic Industries Association of Korea (EIAK).
South Korea has about 150 DVR makers that focus on OEM and ODM business. Taiwan has a little over 200 makers comprising 20 that specialise in standalone DVRs, and about 200 others that focus on PC-based units.
Mainland China is challenging the traditional DVR leaders in Asia, with a growing supplier base currently estimated at 200 companies.
While the mainland only began to export DVRs in 2003, its actual experience in the line dates back to 1999, when some companies commenced DVR production. This was two years after South Korea commercially launched the product in Asia in 1997.
Despite mainland China's relatively limited DVR export experience, the industry on the mainland is bullish. Makers are looking at US$139.2 million in export sales in 2006, a 70 percent increase from the US$81.9 million achieved in 2005.
The growth of Asia's DVR sector has been steady, with the industry bolstered in recent years by newcomers coming from the CCTV camera, CCTV monitor, industrial PC and computer graphic card lines.
There is a trend in the line toward improving technological capability given that compression algorithms - MPEG-4 and H.264, among others - and system reliability are key features that distinguish DVRs from one another.