The average American home now has 2.93 TV sets per household, up from 2.86 sets per home in 2009, the largest year-over-year increase since 2006 according to Nielsen’s latest Television Audience Report. This year the number of US homes with three or more TV sets increased to 55%, 28% have two sets and 17% have one set.
There are a lot of cool charts in the Television Audience Report, and I find the long-term growth in HD-Receiveable homes interesting, though it's still less than 50%. Note: Most of the data in the report appears to be based on estimates from last fall for the 2009-2010 season, so some of the data won't look new to people who are tracking regularly.
All the broadcast networks need to do is strike a deal with the television manufacturers to make sure they won't accept input from cable boxes and satellite boxes, and the momentum will swing back in their favour
Or perhaps in NBC's case, a television which won't accept any other channels – full stop.
I'm surprised HD is in less than 50% of homes. I figured that by now, it would have been the majority.
Maybe this is pathetic, but I live in a 4 bedroom home with 5 TVs, 3 of them High-Def.
The last time I purchased a new TV Set the only thing I hooked it to was my VCR/DVD Player!
I would expect the number of TV's to rise because of HD and flat screens becoming more and more affordable. When people buy new flat screens they usually don't toss their old TV, they just move it somewhere else and their TV “population” increases, rather than just changing.
I have a pair of RCA XL-100 horizontal-oscillator modules so that one can be rebuilt while the other is in use. The duty cycle has been getting longer.
I would expect the number of TV's to rise because of HD and flat screens becoming more and more affordable. When people buy new flat screens they usually don't toss their old TV, they just move it somewhere else and their TV “population” increases, rather than just changing.
I have a pair of RCA XL-100 horizontal-oscillator modules so that one can be rebuilt while the other is in use. The duty cycle has been getting longer.