The Electronic Industries Association has projected an increase of videodisk sales from 3 million units last year to as many as 7.5 million in 1982. Prerecorded video cassette sales are expected to rise more slowly from 5.3 to 6.5 million unit-primarily to video dealers who rent pre-recorded video cassettes. Blank videotape sales are expected to go from 22.5 million to 31.5 million units.
Disk player sales are also expected to increase significantly: from 157,000 in 1981 to as many as 350,000 in 1962. There will be an even greater increase in VCR sales: from 1.3 to more than 2 million units.
