HPA 2015: Consumer Electronics Update
February 12, 2015
DEBORAH D. MCADAMS /
02.11.2015 12:55 PM
HPA 2015: Consumer Electronics Update
Jeff Joseph brings the numbers
INDIAN WELLS, CALIF.—Sometimes irony just has its way, as it did with Jeff Joseph Tuesday at the Hollywood Post Alliance Tech Retreat. Joseph is senior vice president of the Consumer Electronics Association. His consumer electronic laptop crashed just as he was about to start his presentation.
One reboot later, Joseph gamely speed-talked his way through the CEA’s latest numbers, starting with the 2014 ownership study. At the top of the list—TVs, which have 97 percent household penetration. DVD players were next, with 81 percent; digital cameras and laptops, each at 66 percent; and smartphones rounding out the top five at 64 percent…