UK TV sales jump by over a million, as staying in becomes the new going out

Home Cinema Choice: More than a million TVs were sold in the UK during October compared to the same period last year, according to new sales data released by market analysts GfK. 

The UK’s move to digital switch-over, plus heavy discounting and the credit crunch are all credited with the massive sales boom.

Explains David Scott, chief executive of Digital UK, the body coordinating Britain’s switch to digital TV: ‘With household budgets under pressure, the extra channels and features that come with digital TV offer great value entertainment. It’s also good news that in opting to buy digital, more households than ever are ready for the switch to digital TV which will affect more than five million homes next year.’

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