TV Sets Outnumber People in U.S. Homes

TV Sets Outnumber People in U.S. Homes

by Deborah D. McAdams, July 20, 2009

NEW YORK: American homes shelter more TV sets than people, according to the just-released 2008 Television Audience Report from Nielsen. The average number of TV sets per home is 2.86, versus 2.5 people. The per-home count of TV sets represents an 18 percent increase over 2000, when Americans had an average of 2.43 TV sets per home. The average number of people per TV household has remained at around 2.5 since 1990, when each home averaged about two TVs apiece.

More than half of homes had three or more TV sets in 2008; 28 percent had just two, and 18 percent of the 114.5 million U.S. television households had just one set.




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During the 2007-08 TV season, households tuned in 58 hours and 27 minutes per week, a 40-minute increase from 2007, and an increase of nearly 10 hours from 1990.

Women 18 and older watched the most TV, averaging 37 hours, 52 minutes a week. Men of the same age range averaged 33 hours, 43 minutes.

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http://www.televisionbroadcast.com/article/84148

Haven't had a TV since 1999. And I absolutely love it.

and save the $40/mo. for cable. The kids and I hardly watch it. If I really want to watch something, I can watch a bunch of good old TV shows on Hulu.com or rent a DVD. I probably watch less than 5 hrs/week, and most of that time is multitasking with the TV on for noise.

People: 2

TVs: 7

oh, and just for ha-has....

Computers: 3 full size, 1 laptop

telephones: 8 regular and 2 cell



we live a strange life here...

1 in all four bedrooms, 1 in the basement, living room, den, and kitchen. 6 of them are hooked up to cable as of today.

...but you're not sure how many people live there?
:patriot: You win!

Each of the bedrooms, kitchen and tv room.

:rofl:

LOL!

:rofl:

:hi:

The catch is that the TVs in my kids room are not connected to the airways (in our case Satellite), which means my daughters watch DVD movies we approved.

Because they have seen them so many times, they read instead.

But I have one in the parent's room, one in the family room and one in the music room (I am an amateur musician).

3 people with 4 TVs.
Of course one of them is 120".

shouldn't we count our computers, too, if they can do streaming?

Yes we should. I hook my computer, laptop, and cable up to the 120" screen, does that count as one, two, or three.

ARE THE PROBLEM!

LOL

The only reason I'm watching TV now is because I'm at work. The rest of the time I almost never watch TV.

:)

I always find something that needs to be done over watching TV when I'm at home. The 120" is for DVDs and computer programs. There is something awesome about reading DU when it is 5 feet tall.

One in the familyroom, one in the master bedroom and one in the guestroom.

Good times.

Tivo has a built in DVD player
Bedroom has a DVD player (back in college)
laptop could play DVDs
desktop could play DVDs
I got one of those portable DVDs/7"LCD screens for christmas (redunant since I had a laptop but meh)
Xbox can play DVDs
PS2 can play DVDs


Yeah, I'm whats wrong with america. And I'm not changing. I remember 7 years ago when I had no DVD players. Now I've got half a dozen of them.

I watch maybe four hours a week

Well, pretty much. One of the cats likes to watch Animal Planet.

One in the living room and one in my bedroom.

I probably watch ~15 hours per week -- most of it on DVD and of my choosing. Geeky nerdy 70s British TV (not just "Doctor Who" but back when British TV was good all around...)

Sheesh, how many do you need? I question the need for the 1 sometimes, although I do like to watch movies. Or did, before having kids and starting a 2nd job.