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1 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details) (USD $)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
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Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest (in Dollars) $ 119,000 $ 150,000
Sales Returns, Goods (in Dollars) 17,000 29,000
Allowance for Sales Returns, Restocking Fee, Description 10% to 30% of the net sales price  
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable (in Dollars) 52,000 87,000
Inventory Valuation Reserves (in Dollars) 5,939,000 5,108,000
Valuation Allowances and Reserves, Period Increase (Decrease) (in Dollars) 900,000 900,000
Equity Method Investments, Significant Influence Descrition Significant influence is generally deemed to exist if we have an ownership interest in the voting stock of the investee between 20% and 50%  
Advertising Expense (in Dollars) 6,000 3,000
Number of Operating Segments 1  
Major Customer #1 [Member] | Credit Concentration Risk [Member] | Accounts Receivable [Member]
    
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Concentration Risk, Percentage 17.00% 36.00%
Major Customer #2 [Member] | Credit Concentration Risk [Member] | Accounts Receivable [Member]
    
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Concentration Risk, Percentage 14.00% 24.00%
Equity Option [Member]
    
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Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount (in Shares) 274,000 280,000
Furniture, Machinery and Equipment [Member] | Minimum [Member]
    
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Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life 5 years  
Furniture, Machinery and Equipment [Member] | Maximum [Member]
    
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Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life 7 years  
Building and Building Improvements [Member]
    
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Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life 31 years 6 months  
Grand Shine Management [Member] | Supplier Concentration Risk [Member] | Cost of Goods, Total [Member]
    
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Concentration Risk, Percentage 31.00% 36.00%
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. [Member] | Supplier Concentration Risk [Member] | Cost of Goods, Total [Member]
    
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Concentration Risk, Percentage 6.00% 8.00%
Supplier Concentration Risk [Member] | Asia [Member] | Cost of Goods, Total [Member]
    
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Concentration Risk, Percentage 90.00%  
Supplier Concentration Risk [Member] | Cost of Goods, Total [Member]
    
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Concentration Risk, Supplier we do not regard any one supplier as essential to our operations, since equivalent replacements for most of our products are either available from one or more of our other suppliers or are available from various other sources at competitive prices  
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Sales Revenue, Net [Member]
    
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Concentration Risk, Percentage 41.00% 42.00%
Concentration Risk, Customer one customer accounting for more than 10% of our net sales  
Credit Concentration Risk [Member] | Accounts Receivable [Member]
    
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Concentration Risk, Customer   two customers accounting for more than 10% of our trade accounts receivable, net of allowances
Taitron Components Mexico [Member]
    
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Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee, Cumulative Percentage Ownership after All Transactions 60.00%  
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest (in Dollars) $ 119,000 $ 150,000