With seemingly everyone falling all over themselves to buy HDTVs at falling prices, it seems baffling that the number of American homes equipped with TVs dropped for the first time in nearly two decades. But that's the result Nielsen has derived from its research. The firm announced the 2012 Advance/Preliminary TV Household Universe Estimate (UE) will be set at 114.7 million, slipping from the 114.7 million 2011 figure.
Released in a Nielsen Wire story, the numbers mean that the total estimated percentage of U.S. homes with TVs fell from 98.9 percent of households to 96.7 percent.
Nielsen says the reasons for the decline include the shift to digital streaming -- TVs that aren't hooked up to traditional programming sources don't count as TV-having households -- as well as the tough economy.
How many people do you know who don't own a TV?
from the Consumerist
Toss that TV and go out in the yard and play with your kids. If no kids go for a walk with your dog, but get off the couch and enjoy life instead of watching someone's else on TV...
ReplyDeleteMy mother in law does not have a tv or a radio.
ReplyDeleteShe doesn't like the "noise".
When she was in the hospital last year, the nurses kept turning on the tv and she would get angry and order them to turn that mess off!
Maybe cuz crack heads have been breaking in and stealing them? :)
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