2009 Hot Markets -- Thawing In a Frigid Economy

Home entertainment ($1.1B to print, +4%) product inventories of digital devices—like broadcast cable bypasses for computer-to-TV, telecom TV set-top boxes for streaming data, etc.—will force more FSI print in early ’09. Panasonic is offering consumer financing for its Viera HDTV, and retailers will follow as credit card charges recede.