Korean digital electronics sales beat analogue. (Entertainment & Leisure).

Digital home appliances have begun to outstrip sales of analogue counterparts in Korean market. LG Electronics claims digital television sets--primarily high definition television (HDTV) sets--accounted for 190bn won ($158m) and 55.8 per cent of total sales of colour television sets of 340bn won ($284m) in first half of 2002. Samsung electronics claims digital television sets accounted for 58 per cent of its colour television set sales during January-April period. Increase is attributed to higher price of digital sets--roughly twice that of analogue--which still ship fewer units t