Ya Gotta Kill One: Internet or TV. Which Is It? (CHART by age)
I found a pretty interesting chart (via Nick Parish) this afternoon. It breaks down (by age) the choice people would make if they had to eliminate either the Internet or TV from their life. If you look at the stats though, it clearly seems as though TV’s “days are numbered” (should people ever actually have to make such a sadistic decision) as the majority of people under 44 would choose to eliminate their TV.
As I thought through the survey I started to wonder if the main question itself isn’t a touch flawed. It’s really not about choosing between TV and the Internet, is it? It will ultimately be about choosing between the Internet and Cable/Satellite providers. Just this week I set up my Netflix account to stream video through my PS3 (if you haven’t done this yet, I can’t recommend it enough. It’s life changing). That means I’m watching content from the Internet on my big, beautiful HDTV. In essence, my TV is now the most expensive computer monitor I own. Granted, the vast majority of people aren’t doing this… yet. And maybe that’s why the survey below is relevant today, but I think in the future survey’s like this won’t be a “TV or The Internet?” question. It will be a “Internet or Cable/Satellite” question. At the end of the day, the TV is just a box that displays the content…
So, that’s enough out of me, I’d love to know what you think…
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I pondered over the chart before I read your comments and honestly came to the same conclusion: I love streaming content via my Roku (please Hulu, develope to this platform ASAP) on my 46″ Samsung and would be just as happy to give up my subscription to DirecTV if it was a level playing field. But so far it is not. DirecTV is my only choice of boob box provider as FioS isn’t available, and UVerse has been over sold in our neighborhood. Plus, we watch enouhg original programming on HBO, StarZ and Showtime that is pay per view when streaming that isn’t cost effective yet.
And with 2 iPhones, 2 Kindles, 2 wireless laptops in the house, g standard wireless no longer can support the demand. I plan to upgrade to n soon, but until then we can no longer stream content and fiddle around on the laptops or iPhones (work emails, just plain od surfing, etc.
So in essence I agree with you. Nick ought to rethink his question and do another survey.
April 22nd, 2010 at 1:09 pm