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TVs set to get costlier on weak rupee, memory chip crunch
Financial Express Kolkata
|December 15, 2025
PRICES OF TELEVISIONS are expected to rise by 3-4% from January on account of the rising cost of memory chips and depreciation of the rupee, which recently crossed the 90-to-a-dollar mark for the first time.
The falling rupee has put the industry in a precarious position, as the domestic value addition in an LED TV is around 30% only, and major components like the open cell, semiconductor chips and motherboard, are imported.
This story is from the December 15, 2025 edition of Financial Express Kolkata.
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