Television sets are becoming cheaper despite high inflation in recent years. The Federal Statistics Office announced this on Wednesday. In October, televisions were 4.4 percent cheaper than in October of the previous year, even though consumer prices rose 2 percent overall. This gap was even greater in previous years. While the price of television sets was 10.2 percent lower last year than in 2020, consumer prices rose 16.7 percent over the three years.
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a saturated market
Friday for International Television Day The Federal Statistical Office has Put more numbers together immediately. Television sets can be found in 96.5 percent of homes in the Federal Republic. However, there are large differences between age groups when it comes to usage. Children aged 10 to 13 spend the fewest hours in front of television – namely one hour and 16 minutes – when linear television, streaming and video-on-demand are combined together. This becomes more so as you age. People ages 65 and older watch the most television, at two hours and 54 minutes.
Televisions still account for the largest share of annual sales in the consumer electronics industry in Germany. more than a third About 7.6 billion euros this year Bitcom announced in September. However, while years containing the Olympic Games and European Football Championships usually sold large numbers of televisions, this effect was not present this year. Despite sales figures being particularly extraordinary during the Corona pandemic, the market is still saturated, the Digital Association points out.
(mho)
