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Who Cares if Analog TV Goes Dark?

Posted by timothy on from the world-may-not-immediately-end dept.

AVIDJockey writes "Take this with a grain of salt, but earlier this month the Consumer Electronics Association giddily released data showing that of America's 285 million TVs only 12 percent (33.6 million) are used for watching OTA broadcasts. In a further revelation, the CEA's numbers say that approximately 3 million (around 10 percent) aren't used for viewing broadcast television at all. Instead, the electricity gobbled up by these sets is used to play videogames, watch movies on DVD, or view old Jane Fonda exercise tapes."

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  1. TV... oh, yeah! that means "TeleVision"! by The_Wilschon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I can't remember the last time I actually watched TV. Oh wait, maybe I can... I think I was in a hotel, and there was nothing else more interesting to do (I hadn't brought a book along or something). So I turned on the tv to something or other. During semesters... neither I nor my gf has a tv, so we pretty much never see any.

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  2. sounds about right by geekschmoe · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    approximately 3 million ... view old Jane Fonda exercise tapes.

    What's the highest slashdot user id, right now?

  3. Mod me -1 "dumbass" please by 2names · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    er, Declaration of Independence...

    So sorry...*hangs head in shame*

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