STATISTICS

October 2003 Domestic Shipments of Major Consumer Electronic Equipment (thousand units, % = in comparison with the previous year)

  October 2003 2003 total to date
thousand units % thousand units %
Color TVs 556 81.0 5,708 86.9
Standard screen (4:3) TVs
Wide-screen TVs
Hi-Vision TVs
468
56
33
82.8
70.4
76.2
4,831
580
298
88.0
76.6
92.9
Screen sizes less than 15 inches
Screen sizes from 16 inches to 21 inches
Screen sizes from 22 inches to 29 inches
Screen sizes 30 inches and above
161
167
189
38
90.3
85.0
75.8
62.1
1,675
1,809
1,819
404
88.1
93.4
82.8
76.1
With VTRs 84 74.2 1,097 84.4
With tuners for digital satellite broadcasting 35 78.1 314 96.0
Plasma display panel (PDP) TVs and monitors 25 123.8 168 128.2
With BS digital broadcasting tuners 23 - 141 -
Liquid crystal device (LCD) TVs 136 182.9 1,117 145.2
Screen sizes 10 inches and above 115 233.7 886 192.8
VTRs 233 60.8 2,379 63.5
DVD video players 417 135.8 3,599 154.8
Recording / reproducing 156 273.0 1,145 307.4
Video cameras with recorders 116 101.2 1,459 121.5
Digital video cameras with recorders 114 105.2 1,427 124.7
Video projection units 4 85.1 28 70.4
Antennas for satellite broadcasting 56 112.7 532 94.0
Antennas for communication satellite broadcasting 20 203.2 123 109.2
Tuners for digital satellite broadcasting 6 46.3 101 56.8
Tuners for digital communication satellite broadcasting 17 51.3 249 50.4
Radio receivers 198 109.8 1,799 97.5
Cassette recorders with radio and CD players 157 81.9 1,632 79.4
Cassette recorders with radio and CD/MD players 63 72.6 704 74.3
Headphone stereos 47 58.7 463 56.9
Other tape recorders 79 96.7 736 92.7
IC recorders 63 167.1 530 146.9
Compact disc (CD) players 131 58.2 1,351 71.2
Portable-type 123 57.0 1,267 70.8
Mini disc (MD) players 250 135.4 2,315 102.6
Portable-type 246 137.8 2,259 103.6
Stereo sets 172 97.6 1,867 98.0
Stereo sets with mini disc players 140 102.8 1,581 100.5
Hi-fi amplifiers 22 80.5 231 84.9
Hi-fi tuners 1 84.1 13 41.8
Hi-fi speaker systems 26 87.2 268 84.3
Record players 5 81.6 57 72.0
Tape decks 4 72.9 49 78.9
Car navigation systems 266 123.6 2,314 130.3
Car color TVs 107 117.2 853 107.3
Car cassette stereos 89 68.2 949 71.7
Car compact disc players 572 96.4 5,469 100.3
Car mini disc players 35 87.8 306 90.3
Car radios 94 91.8 859 92.6