Consumer electronics products have different connotations in countries with different levels of development, and different connotations in different stages of development in the same country.
China's consumer electronic products refer to audio and video products used for personal and family broadcasting and television, mainly including: television, DVD player (VCD, SVCD, DVD), video recorder, camcorder, radio, cassette player, combination audio, record player, laser disc player (CD) and so on. In some developed countries, phones, personal computers, home office equipment, home electronic health equipment, automotive electronics, etc., are also included in consumer electronics products. With the development of technology and the emergence of new products and applications, digital cameras, mobile phones, pads and other products are also becoming emerging consumer electronic products. Since the late 1990s, information home appliances, which integrate the three major fields of computer, information and communication, and consumer electronics, have been widely penetrated into family life, and have functions such as audio-visual, information processing, and two-way network communication. It is composed of an embedded processor, associated supporting hardware (such as a display card, storage media, IC card or credit card reading device), an embedded operating system and software packages of the application layer. Broadly speaking, information home appliances include all home appliances that can exchange information through network systems, such as PC, set-top box, HPC, DVD, super VCD, wireless data communication equipment, video game equipment, smart TV box, WEBTV, etc. At present, audio, video and communication equipment are the main components of information home appliances. In the long run, refrigerators, washing machines, microwave ovens, etc., will also develop into information appliances and form an integral part of smart home appliances.