World Screen reports that Taiwan-based research company Topology Research Institute expects shipments of smartTV sets to double next year to 52.85 million units. By comparison only 48.2 million sales of 3DTV sets are predicted.
According to Topology, 7.04 million smart TVs were sold globally in 2010, with the figure likely to increase to 25.18 million units in 2011, some 10.4% of all TV shipments worldwide.
Meanwhile, growth for 3D TVs is expected to be 78.2 percent for 2012 to 2013.
