My Cart - The popularity of HDTV in America has recently been highlighted by a survey performed by the Consumer Electronics Association. Their report apparently revealed that a whopping 65%, that’s two thirds, of American households now own a HDTV. That’s an increase of 13% in just twelve months and sales figures show that more and more people are buying HDTV as secondary sets, with the average US household owning 1.8 HDTVs.
This huge boom in the sales of HDTV can be put down to the price of this technology dropping significantly in recent years as it becomes cheaper to manufacture, and more companies producing these products increases competition. Also there is significantly more HD content available, making HDTVs a more worthwhile purchase for many people, as when they were first made available the amount of content available was fairly limited. Today though, there are stations broadcasting programs in HD, Blu-Ray players are cheaper and more readily available and most modern games consoles make use of HD technology, so the there’s a great deal of content available.
Cheap LCD TVs
With cheap plasma TVs available from electronics retailers throughout the UK it’s quite likely that HDTV will achieve a similar level of penetration here too. Sales of cheap LCD TVs and cheap plasma TVs have shot up recently, although the figures aren’t quite at the same levels as those from the US just yet.
However, with Blu-Ray players, HD games consoles and HD broadcasts becoming a more common place it’s likely that sales of HDTVs are set to continue to rise as more people are keen to get try the immersive HD viewing experience for themselves.
