Consumer Electronics

Consumer electronics refers to the audio and video products used by individuals and families in relation to radio and television. They mainly include: TV sets, DVD players, VCRs, camcorders, radios, tape recorders, , Record players, compact disc players (CDs) and more.

In some developed countries, however, telephones, personal computers, home office equipment, home electronic health care equipment, automotive electronics, etc. are also classified as consumer electronic products. With the advent of technology and new applications of new products, digital cameras, mobile phones, PDAs and other products are emerging as emerging consumer electronic products.

Since the late 1990s, information appliances integrating three fields of computer, information and communication, and consumer electronics have begun to penetrate into family life extensively. It has such functions as audio-visual, information processing and two-way network communication, Processor, associated supporting hardware (such as a graphics card, storage media, IC card or credit card reading device), embedded operating system and application layer software package. Broadly speaking, information appliances include all household appliances such as PCs, set-top boxes, HPC, DVDs, super VCDs, wireless data communication devices, video game devices, WEBTV, etc. that can exchange information through the network system. Currently, audio, video and communications equipment is a major component of information appliances.

In the long run, refrigerators, washing machines, microwave ovens and the like will also develop into information appliances and form an integral part of smart appliances.