Samsung Sells 1 Million TVs in North America in a Single Month

The television set industry seems to be going through quite the episode of refreshment, so to speak, or at least Samsung's share of its North American sector is.

Whether because older ones are wearing down, or because the new ones are just so much better in every way, TV sales are on the rise.

Samsung is revealed to be doing particularly well for itself, in North America at least.

There, its TV sales have gone up and up, until the 1 million per month threshold was finally bypassed (in October, 2011).

In other words, if one were to calculate an average selling rate, one TV was sold ever three seconds.

Even factoring in the large population of North America, this was no mean feat.

Smart TVs (TVs with PC-like capabilities, including net access, widgets and even storage of their own) as well as 3D TVs have been performing particularly well.

For those interested in numbers, Samsung secured a 56% share of the 3D TV segment, while its stake in the area of Plasma TVs with sizes of 51 inches or more was 40%.

These findings are in line with how overall shipments of LCD TV sales are expected to sell 10% better in 2012 (next year).

There is an extra factor one should take into account as well, namely the possible rise of rivals to the LCD technology.

Just a short time back, DuPont announced that it had secured a partner for the making of AMOLED TVs.

The technology may be restricted to phones and other, small devices right now, but its general superiority (better quality, energy efficiency, etc.) made it obvious a while ago that it was only a matter of time before larger panels showed up, even if they will not be very affordable from the get go.