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$113.5 billion worth of electronics sold in 2004

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-a-lotta-gadgets dept.

ravy writes "Americans bought $113.5 billion worth of electronics in 2004 and by 2005 the number will reach $127.5 billion. Digital television sets, MP3 players and flash memory cards were the best-sellers percentagewise, while PCs and cell phones enjoyed more steady growth in terms of sales. Google Zeitgeist also lists ipod, digital camera and mp3 as the most popular consumer electronics queries for the year past."

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  1. Top yahoo Searches by vivekg · · Score: 2, Informative

    And here is yahoo's list http://tools.search.yahoo.com/top2004/

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  2. Next Year Should Be Even Larger by Cylix · · Score: 5, Informative

    There are some interesting changes that have taken place this year alone and should effect next year's o so bloated number

    Flat panel monitors are now affordable. Just last week I noticed a 17 inch had fallen into the 200$ mark. This was pretty much the selling point for me and I suspect many others.

    The FCC has released a huge list of mandates for DTV conversion. So unless nothing changes we should see more full power DTV stations by July and then the last mile is July 2006. With that there is a slew of tuners to purchase, infrastructure upgrades and some even more expensive equipment to purchase by the broadcasters themselves. (Alone I've had various quotes for around 20k just for DTV guide data insertion).

    So the television industry itself should provide a significant over all increase on the consumer and provider level.

    I would be interested to know what other industries have seen some fairly signficant change and what cost expenditures are expected.

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  3. Re:But where is it all made? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Crap? Are you saying that Ipod. Apple computers and Dell laptops are crap? It may suprise you, but most of them are made in China.

    Here is a list of companies of companies that manufacture stuff for Apple. For example new Ipod shuffle is made by Asus. Others are also Taiwanese companies that have a lot of production in China.

    Of course, also over the half of motherboards and graphic cards are made in China.