Consumer electronics have different connotions in countries with different levels of development, and different connotions in different stages of development in the same country.
Our country consumer electronic products refers to the audio and video products used for personal and family and radio, television related, mainly includes: TV set, DVD player (VCD, SVCD, DVD), video recorder, camcorder, radio, record player, combination sound, record player, laser record player (CD) and so on. And in some developed countries, the telephone, personal computer, home office equipment, home electronic health care equipment, automotive electronic products are also classified in the consumer electronic products. With the development of technology and the emergence of new products and new applications, digital cameras, mobile phones, pads and other products are also becoming emerging consumer electronic products. Since the late 1990s, information appliances, which are integrated with computer, information and communication, and consumer electronics, have been widely used in family life. It has functions such as audio-visual, information processing, and two-way network communication. It consists of embedded processor, related supporting hardware (such as graphic card, storage media, IC card or credit card reading device), embedded operating system and software package of application layer. Broadly speaking, information 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 appliances. In the long run, refrigerators, washing machines, and microwave ovens will also develop into information appliances and form part of smart appliances.