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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