In the first half of this year, from January to June, about 3 million video recorders were sold across the country. This figure is only 35% of all video recorder sales last year. From these data we can know:. ['The recorder market has started to shrink this year.', 'Video recorder sales this year will be less than last year.', "It is entirely possible to break through last year's sales.", 'Sales in the first half of this year are down from the same period last year.']