European Commission DG TREN Preparatory Studies for Eco-design Requirements of EuPs (II) [Contract N°TREN/D3/390-2006/Lot18/2007/S07.75202] Lot 18 Complex set-top boxes Final Report December, 2008 In association with Contact Bio Intelligence Service S.A.S. Shailendra Mudgal – Sanaée Iyama ℡ + 33 (0) 1 56 20 28 98 [email protected] [email protected] This page is left intentionally blank European Commission, DG TREN 2 Preparatory Study for Eco-design Requirements of EuPs December 2008 Lot 18: Complex set-top boxes Project Team Bio Intelligence Service Mr. Shailendra Mudgal Ms. Sanaée Iyama Ms. Lea Turunen Mr. Benoît Tinetti Fraunhofer IZM Mr. Karsten Schischke Disclaimer: The project team does not accept any liability for any direct or indirect damage resulting from the use of this report or its content. This report contains the results of research by the authors and is not to be perceived as the opinion of the European Commission. European Commission, DG TREN December 2008 Preparatory Study for Eco-design Requirements of EuPs 3 Lot 18: Complex set-top boxes This page is left intentionally blank European Commission, DG TREN 4 Preparatory Study for Eco-design Requirements of EuPs December 2008 Lot 18: Complex set-top boxes Content 0. Preface .......................................................................................................................... 13 1. Task 1 – Definition .......................................................................................................... I-1 1.1. Product category and performance assessment .............................................................. I-1 1.1.1. Definitions ................................................................................................................................ I-5 1.1.1.1 Product Definitions .............................................................................................................. I-6 1.1.1.2 Mode Definitions ................................................................................................................. I-7 1.1.2. Scope of the study: Definitions .............................................................................................. I-10 1.1.3. Technical Parameters ............................................................................................................. I-14 1.2. Test Standards and Product Testing Procedures ............................................................ I-17 1.2.1. Test standards on energy use of set-top boxes ..................................................................... I-18 1.2.1.1 European (EN) Test Standards on Energy Consumption ................................................... I-18 1.2.1.2 Third country test standards on energy use ...................................................................... I-19 1.2.1.3 Other sector-specific procedures for product testing ....................................................... I-19 1.2.1.4 Comparison of the Test Standards on Energy Use ............................................................ I-21 1.2.2. Test Standards on Safety ........................................................................................................ I-21 1.3. Existing Legislation ....................................................................................................... I-22 1.3.1. Legislation and voluntary agreements on complex STB at European Community level........ I-23 1.3.1.1 EU legislation ..................................................................................................................... I-23 1.3.1.2 European voluntary agreements and initiatives ................................................................ I-24 1.3.2. Legislation and voluntary agreements at Member State level .............................................. I-27 1.3.3. Third country legislation and voluntary agreements on STB ................................................. I-28 1.3.3.1 Switzerland ........................................................................................................................ I-28 1.3.3.2 United States ..................................................................................................................... I-30 1.3.3.3 Australia / New Zealand .................................................................................................... I-32 1.3.3.4 Korea .................................................................................................................................. I-34 1.3.3.5 China .................................................................................................................................. I-35 1.3.3.6 Taiwan ............................................................................................................................... I-35 1.3.3.7 International initiatives ...................................................................................................... I-36 1.3.4. Standards related to the data broadcast ............................................................................... I-37 1.4. Conclusions for Task 1 .................................................................................................. I-38 European Commission, DG TREN December 2008 Preparatory Study for Eco-design Requirements of EuPs 5 Lot 18: Complex set-top boxes 2. Task 2 – Economic and Market Analysis ......................................................................... II-1 2.1. Generic and Economic data ........................................................................................... II-1 2.2. Market and Stock data .................................................................................................. II-1 2.2.1. Sales data ................................................................................................................................ II-3 2.2.1.1 Current sales and future projections .................................................................................. II-3 2.2.1.2 Annual sales growth rate .................................................................................................... II-7 2.2.1.3 Replacement sales .............................................................................................................. II-8 2.2.2. Stock data ................................................................................................................................ II-8 2.2.2.1 Current stock ...................................................................................................................... II-8 2.2.2.2 Past and future stocks ........................................................................................................ II-9 2.3. Market trends ............................................................................................................. II-13 2.3.1. Market Penetration of Broadband / Digital TV ..................................................................... II-13 2.3.2. Pay TV Trends ........................................................................................................................ II-18 2.3.3. Merging of Devices and End-device Evolution ...................................................................... II-19 2.3.4. Technology Trends ................................................................................................................ II-21 2.3.4.1 High Definition .................................................................................................................. II-21 2.3.4.2 Home Networking ............................................................................................................. II-22 2.3.4.3 Recording media (Internal mass storage media) .............................................................. II-23 2.3.5. Summary of Market Trends .................................................................................................. II-25 2.4. Consumer expenditure data ........................................................................................ II-27 2.4.1. Average consumer prices ...................................................................................................... II-27 2.4.2. Rates for running cost and disposal ...................................................................................... II-29 2.4.2.1 Running costs .................................................................................................................... II-29 2.4.2.2 Disposal costs ................................................................................................................... II-30 2.4.3. Interest and inflation rates .................................................................................................... II-30 2.5. Conclusions for Task 2 ................................................................................................. II-32 3. Task 3 – Consumer behaviour and Local infrastructure .................................................. III-1 3.1. Real life efficiency ........................................................................................................ III-1 3.1.1. Use patterns ........................................................................................................................... III-1 3.1.1.1 Use patterns for TV sets .................................................................................................... III-2 3.1.1.2 Use patterns of complex STBs ..........................................................................................