September 23rd, 2006
Average American home has more TVs than people
By Chief Gadgeteer, Gizmos for Geeks
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews.
This isn’t a completely surprising headline: there are 2.73 TV sets compared with 2.55 people in the typical American home. The statistic that I would like to see is how many computers there are in the average home. For comparison, my 2 person household only has 2 televisions, but 7 computers! Ok, I’ll admit that not all of those computers are used equally, and I’m a computer geek, but still. If you think of your computers as televisions or video transports (how many YouTube vids or movies have you seen on your computer?), then the above stat goes up.
Source: Gizmos for Geeks.
MissingFrame says:
Not surprising. My house even has more microwaves than people.
September 24th, 2006 at 7:18 pm
A geeks geek says:
Lets see…. 4 computers for 3 adults, 5 tvs- 2 of which are hdtv widescreens, 3 vcr’s, 2 tivo’s, 4 dvd players, 2 playstations. 2 high speed internet lines into the house. Ah yes, technology is wonderful. And to think I grew up watching 13 channels of tv on a 13 color tv. No computer, no VCR. A combination 8-Track/ FM deck with 2 stereo speakers for additional entertainment.
September 24th, 2006 at 8:08 pm
Kent Bunn says:
Particularly if you use a PC instead of a TV.
I’m running Snapstream at home, on a dedicated box w/ 6 tuners. And I watch virtually all my TV on my desktop PC. I only turn the real TV on, for news in the AM while I get ready for work.
September 25th, 2006 at 8:16 am