The television market in the United States saw a nine-percent loss in unit sales in 2013 due to low demand.
The report from IHS said that the low demand was due to a market where consumers have little interest in buying new TVs after upgrading to high-definition, flat screen models less than 10 years ago.
U.S. TV shipments in 2013 declined to 34 million units, compared to 37.5 million in 2012, PC World reports.
Last year, the U.S. television market consisted entirely of liquid-crystal display (LCD) and plasma display panel (PDP) sets.
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