How many TV sets were sold worldwide in 2002?

Ataboy bonus questions: What is the growth rate (e.g. units forecast
for 2006)?
What was the breakdown by resolution (number of HDTV/MUSE etc versus
older NTSC/PAL/SECAM)?
What was the average selling price (ASP) at retail?

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Request for Question Clarification by robertskelton-ga on 10 Nov 2002 23:31 PST

Considering it is still 2002 at present, could you clarify how recent
the figures have to be? It might be easier to answer if 2001 figures
were okay.

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Clarification of Question by gimmeansa-ga on 11 Nov 2002 04:55 PST

Good catch. I'll accept the 2001 actual with an estimate of the
2002/2001 year on year change, or equivalently the 2002 estimate.

Market Research-ese:
Actual = attempt to quantify market size of a past year
Estimate = attempt to quantify market size of the present year
Forecast = attempt to quantify market size of a future year

Hi there!

I've taken a look to see what I can find on TV set sales on Google. 
The main US source for this information is the Consumer Electronics
Association (http://www.ce.org).  World-wide, the source seems to be
the "screen digest".  (http://www.screendigest.com).  Unfortunately,
the "European Video Yearbook" is a commercial book (see electronic
version at http://premium.screendigest.com/content/R_VYB_2001_26.stml/view).
 There seems to be another book as well (a little cheaper) at:

http://www.obs.coe.int/oea_publ/yb/

I found a Word-format press release for the US from the CEA dated
January 14, 2002 at:
://www.google.ca/search?q=cache:K4VtKlosFQsC:www.ce.org/shared_files/pr_attachments/020117002a.doc+consumer+electronics+television+sales+2001&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
(Google cache link specified)

According to this document, the 2001 sales of Analog TVs was
21,166,862 + 4,630,033 + 933,086 = 26,729,981.  The dollar sales of
analog TVs for the same period was 6,077,171,000.  This is an average
unit price of approximately $227.

This report mysteriously omits digital television sales, but there may
be more information lying around there.

If any of this interests you, I can pursue further, but I believe that
the infomration may require an investment in a book or report.