15 93march 0 400 800 1 200 600 20 10 94 95 96 97 billion results masanobu ohyama senior executive vice president consumer products & others kenichi mori sales see note on page 22 annual increase topics tv video shipments of tvs in japan rose terms volume but unit prices fell sharply creating a difficult environment the weak yen lifted overseas despite lower russia and china toshiba took advantage strengths wide screen double window high resolution sectors to offset these weaknesses even though demand for weakened due small number broadcasts models represented about 30 percent year was highlighted by s highly successful launch using incomparable new super brightron tube ideal multimedia applications this offers more contrast other improvements over conventional tubes production began june 1996 at pt indonesia one month later formed joint venture dalian that will produce million
