Industry Shipped 221 Million TVs Globally in 2018, 45% of Them 4K, Says IHS
Global TV shipments increased 2.9 percent in 2018 to 221 million sets, partly with the help of a “sales surge” in the year’s first half, “as many consumers upgraded their TVs” in the lead-up to the World Cup, said IHS…
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Markit Thursday. “Average new TV screen sizes are still growing at least one inch per year.” The trend toward larger screens is global, it said: “Even in Japan, where consumers have been resistant to buying large TVs, the average screen size increased year over year.” Shipments of 4K TVs reached 99 million sets and dominated the largest sizes in most world regions, it said. China led all 4K TV markets with 30.1 million sets shipped, and North America was second with 24.7 million, it said. In Western Europe, nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of TV sets shipped in Q4 were 4K models, “the largest share of any global region,” the researcher said. Smart TVs continued to rise in popularity last year, said IHS. Smart TVs that support UHD through streaming services continued to rise in volume shipped in 2018. More than three-quarters of all sets shipped in Q4 had internet connectivity, including more than 85 percent in North America, which was 10 points higher than in Q4 2017, it said.