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Home entertainment sales up

Reflecting the largest percentage of high-end sets such as consoles and combinations since 1953, dollar value of home entertainment electronics in 1960 was about $1.9 billion, compared to $1.7 billion in 1959.

Sales of TV sets at retail ran ahead of the like months of 1959 through July ; ;

set production ( excluding those destined for the export market ) also ran ahead in the early months, but was curtailed after the usual vacation shutdowns in the face of growing evidence that some of the early production plans had been overly optimistic.

For the year as a whole, retail sales of TV sets probably came to 5.8 million against 5.7 million in 1959 ; ;

however, production came to only 5.6 million compared to 6.2 million.