TV Basics: Television Set Sales

 

   

B&W*
(000)

Color*
(000)

Digital TV Sets
Displays**
(000)
 

1946

6

          
 

1947

179

          
 

1948

970

          
 

1949

2,970

          
 

1950

7,355

          
 

1951

5,312

          
 

1952

6,194

          
 

1953

6,870

          
 

1954

7,405

  

5

      
 

1955

7,738

  

20

      
 

1956

7,351

  

100

      
 

1957

6,388

  

85

      
 

1958

5,051

  

80

      
 

1959

6,278

  

90

      
 

1960

5,707

  

120

      
 

1961

6,155

  

147

      
 

1962

6,558

  

438

      
 

1963

7,019

  

747

      
 

1964

8,028

  

1,404

      
 

1965

8,409

  

2,694

      
 

1966

7,189

  

5,012

      
 

1967

5,290

  

5,563

      
 

1968

5,778

  

6,215

      
 

1969

5,191

  

6,191

      
 

1970

4,704

  

4,821

      
 

1971

4,841

  

6,180

      
 

1972

5,512

  

7,555

      
 

1973

7,242

  

9,264

      
 

1974

6,318

  

7,830

      
 

1975

4,955

  

6,485

      
 

1976

5,561

  

7,700

      
 

1977

5,952

  

9,107

      
 

1978

6,461

  

10,236

      
 

1979

6,529

  

9,846

      
 

1980

6,684

  

10,897

      
 

1981

5,654

  

11,157

      
 

1982

5,692

  

11,366

      
 

1983

5,735

  

13,986

      
 

1984

5,050

  

16,083

      
 

1985

3,684

  

16,829

      
 

1986

3,953

  

18,204

      
 

1987

3,547

  

19,330

      
 

1988

2,574

  

20,216

      
 

1989

1,656

  

21,706

      
 

1990

1,411

  

20,384

      
 

1991

784

  

19,474

      
 

1992

633

  

21,056

      
 

1993

550

  

23,005

      
 

1994

540

  

24,715

      
 

1995

480

  

23,231

      
 

1996

425

  

22,384

      
 

1997

400

  

21,293

      
 

1998

347

  

22,204

  

14

  
 

1999

320

  

23,218

  

121

  
 

2000

265

  

24,175

  

625

  
 

2001

250

  

21,167

  

1,460

  
 

2002

225

  

22,469

  

4,415

  
 

2003

200

  

20,791

  

5,532

  
 

2004

150

  

19,934

  

8,002

  
 

2005

125

  

16,934

  

11,369

  
 

2006 (e)

110

  

8,753

  

23,924

  
 

2007 (p)

98

  

1,520

  

29,204

  
   
 

*Factory sales
**Sales to Dealers of DTV Sets & displays
(e) Estimate

Source: eBrain Market Research

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