In 2000, Forrester Research forecast that by 2005, 53 million homes would have DVRs.
One firm, Oxford Economic Forecasting, predicted growth of 2.1percentt, while the National Institute of Economic and Social Research forecast a rise of 2percentt.
But Wood Mackenzie and GTM Research forecast a ninefold increase in storage installed by 2023, with prices tumbling as much as 80percentt by 2040.
Take just connected traffic management systems alone, which could generate $100bn£66bnbn) in revenue as soon as 2020 for applications such as toll charges and congestion penalties, according to a Machina Research forecast.
Frank Braden, an analyst at Standard & Poor's Equity Research, forecast a third-quarter net profit of 815 million francs, or about $725 million, after a net loss of 358 million francs for the second quarter.
And indeed, news of the sale came on the same day that the respected National Institute of Economic and Social Research forecast stagnation for the UK's economy this year.
With opposition parties seeking to make the new tax powers central to this campaign, after Sturgeon offered only modest changes to tax rates, the Institute for Public Policy Research forecast last week that the Lib Dem's tax rates would raise £450m more in real terms than the SNP's policies.
The UN forecast, therefore, underestimates forthcoming changes.
One, the American Research Group, forecast a tie.
In November, IDC forecast a 10.1percentt rise.
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