According to InfoTrends Research Group, Boston, MA, worldwide shipments of digital cameras are expected to grow from 10 million units this year to more than 200 million cameras by 2009. As a result digital cameras are topping gift wish lists this holiday selling season. Retailers and online stores are already experiencing sales increases with digital cameras as the CEA survey purports. RadioShack posted its largest single day sales in their 75-year history during the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday where digital cameras played a part in the high sales. While top product searches on America Online suggest that digital cameras are as popular as game consoles and scooters.
Digital video is also on the rise.
For instance, video capture is featured on many top-selling digital still cameras while manufacturers such as Sony have discontinued production of analog camcorders in favor of digital models. MGI's award-winning PhotoSuite and VideoWave software provide all the features and power home and business users need to easily capture, edit, and share digital photos and videos with their digital cameras and camcorders. About MGI MGI is a leading provider of visual media software products and infrastructure that maximize the use of digital visual content by businesses and individuals. We do this by providing software and services that uniquely enhance every step of the visual media communications cycle, including capturing, creating, streaming, viewing, storing, sharing, and publishing. Using our software, businesses and individuals create rich visual content to deliver optimal Internet experiences that communicate, drive user enjoyment and customer frequency, duration, transactions and satisfaction.