Technology 'optimists' turn off TV -- study

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Technology 'optimists' turn off TV -- study
By Paul Bond

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Broadband Internet surfers in North America watch two fewer hours of television per week than do those without Internet access, while those using a dial-up connection watch 1.5 fewer hours of TV.

The data come from a Forrester Research study released Tuesday that uses what it calls the longest-running survey of its kind, counting nearly 69,000 people in the U.S. and Canada as participants.

Broadband Internet users watch just 12 hours of TV per week, compared with 14 hours for those who are offline, according to the study, "The State of Consumers and Technology: Benchmark 2005."

Forrester also predicts that the number of broadband households in the U.S., which already soared to 31 million at the end of last year from 2.6 million in 1999, will swell to 71.4 million by 2010...cont'd

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[mike_c]

1. I watch fewer hours of TV than all of them....

None. Zero. Nada. Ziperooni.

[Sal Minella]

2. Same here. zipperoo. Gave away TV years ago. still glad.

[bemildred]

3. Me too, it's great. TV blows chunks. nt

[glitch]

4. TV is the source of fear for our fear-based society.

I bet if someone did a study they would find republicans watch more tv (and more junk tv) than any other group. Which is why they are so fearful and how the * admin can tap the fear in them.

[JudyM]

6. Probably true - which explains why reality tv is so popular

Since they're not part of the "reality-based community," they've got to get their reality somewhere!

[Stanchetalarooni]

5. We killed our tv a week before 9/11!

The kids grades improved, they became more proficient musicians and conversationalists. They appreciate the quiet.

[Elidor]

7. Me three

TV-free for 18 months. I could not give up my internet, however.

[Redneck Socialist]

9. TV free for over a decade now

The only thing I still miss is sports.

[wli]

8. I watch near zero cable or broadcast TV, boycotted TV for 9 years

Gulf War I disgusted me so badly (I presumed it a "wag the dog" affair) I boycotted TV for 9 years, refusing to even get a TV set. My SO made me get a TV set in 2000, and the only time I watch it is for DVD's, and less often, on-demand HBO/etc. movies and checking on things others mention (e.g. Daily Show when it's said to be good, major news events I hear of first on the internet).

[Samurai_Writer]

10. No TV for me

Four years TV free. I only watch DVDs on my TV now. Which I play through my laptop.