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World+Dog bought 211m tellies during 2009, two per cent more than the number shipped in 2008 despite an eight per cent decline in the average price. The vast majority of them were LCDs. In Q4 2009 alone, some 50.73m LCD TVs shipped worldwide, compared to 12.31m CRTs and 4.72m plasma sets, market watcher DisplaySearch said this …

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  1. Eddy Ito
    Joke

    Official, Recession Over!

    Government officials have declared the recession to be over due to the increased sales of tellies. One source, Secretary to the Shopping Center General of the Department of Stores, Anony Mouse said; "This is the surest sign of the end of the recession that we have seen as of yet. People are out there buying TVs, which are a luxury item, because of an increase in cash to burn and we in government certainly know what burnt cash looks like. It should be noted that this milestone was achieved in spite of the switch to digital TV in places like the US, Denmark and Norway. Additionally, this is proof that people have more leisure time indicating a higher standard of living and greater wages. In all, the proactive stance taken by this government during this most unique of recessions has not only successfully steered the economy out of oblivion by investing in the future, it has also provided not one clue toward how we will be paying for it tomorrow."

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  2. Lunatik
    WTF?

    Who is buying CRTs?

    Over 12 million CRTs shipped in Q4 2009? Who is even selling CRTs these days, much less buying them? Even <£100 kiddies bedroom & cheapo hotel TVs have moved to LCD in the past year.

    Either they're being dumped on unsuspecting Africans, or there are some fishy figures here.

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