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SV Staff  |  May 23, 2008  | 
While LCD televisions are seeming to reign supreme in the marketplace, a surprising figure was revealed in a recent survey conducted by DisplaySearch, a North American research firm, about the number two spot. Picture-tube CRT TVs, in all their...
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Survey Says: Age Effects Video Habits
SV Staff  |  Nov 07, 2008  | 
This one seems to be a no-brainer. According to a new study by ABI Research, age plays a part in how viewers access their video content. “The willingness to adopt new forms of entertainment delivery is in many cases determined by the age of...
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Survey Says: Electronics Market Has Room for Upgrades
SV Staff  |  Sep 05, 2008  | 
We love market surveys.  No, really, we like knowing where our households fit into the average, and whether we're up on the latest trends. Who doesn't want to appear "normal," right? A new study by market research company The NPD...
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Survey Shows Most Unwanted Phones, Tablets, and MP3 Players Are Not Recycled
SV Staff  |  Apr 27, 2014  | 
Americans are well educated on the benefits of recycling bottles, cans, and paper but when it comes to electronics devices all bets are off. The proliferation of cell phones and tablets has led to a growing glut of "e-waste" piling up in people's homes, as well as a lack of understanding about what to do with broken, unwanted, or outdated devices.
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Survey: 2019 Could Be a Breakout Year for VR
SV Staff  |  Oct 26, 2018  | 
SuperData Research says 2019 will be a “defining moment” for virtual reality (VR) and other XR (extended reality) technologies.
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Survey: 45% of U.S. Households Have a Smart TV
SV Staff  |  Dec 06, 2017  | 

A recent consumer survey from Parks Associates shows that ease of use is a key factor in choosing smart TVs and other connected devices.

Almost half (45 percent) of U.S. broadband households have a smart TV, making it the most commonly used platform for streaming video content among this group, according to a new Market Snapshot from Dallas-based research firm Parks Associates.

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Survey: 5G Trials in High Gear
SV Staff  |  Aug 24, 2018  | 
5G readiness among mobile operators who responded to a survey conducted by IHS Markit.

If you like the speed of 4G mobile networks, you’re going to love the next-generation 5G platform, which promises data speeds that are 20 times faster than 4G LTE and faster than the fastest home broadband networks.

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Survey: About Half of 4K TV Owners Don’t Watch 4K
SV Staff  |  May 08, 2019  | 
Here’s a remarkable statistic that we doubt applies to the typical Sound & Vision reader: Almost half of American homes (47%) have a 4K/Ultra HD TV yet 45% of those households have not watched any 4K content on that TV.
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Survey: Consumers Who Understand Net Neutrality More Likely to Support It
SV Staff  |  Jan 15, 2018  | 
A new survey from global research firm GfK has shed some light on one of the hot topics at last week’s CES — net neutrality — as controversy continued to swirl over the FCC’s recent decision to give Internet service providers greater control over the Internet “pipe,” setting up a marketplace that many fear could come to resemble that of traditional pay-TV services.
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Survey: Content Discovery Is the Key Drawback in the Age of Streaming
Bob Ankosko  |  Mar 01, 2023  | 
Figuring out what to watch and how to watch it is the No. 1 “pain point” among an American/Canadian public that watches 4.4 hours of television a day. That’s just one of the many findings of TiVo’s biannual Video Trends Report.
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Survey: How much more will you pay?
SV Staff  |  Dec 03, 2008  | 
Studios: Your Blu-ray pricing is making the discs unsaleable! I love home theater. And I own a Blu-ray player. So, when Pixar's Wall-E came out on disc, I headed down to Wal-Mart on launch day to pick up the movie on Blu-ray. But when I saw the...
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Survey: Internet Streaming Now Firmly Established in U.S.
SV Staff  |  May 17, 2018  | 
More than two-thirds of U.S. internet-connected (a.k.a. “broadband”) households now subscribe to a streaming service such as Netflix and about four out of ten (38 percent) subscribe to more than one service, according to new research from Dallas-based Parks Associates.
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Survey: Internet-Only TV Households Reach 17%
SV Staff  |  Sep 11, 2018  | 
The number of internet-only homes that do not subscribe to a traditional cable TV package has reached a new record high, according to new research from Kagan.
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Survey: Lack of Familiarity, Price Hold Back 4K TV
SV Staff  |  Oct 21, 2015  | 
U.S. broadband households likely to buy a flat-panel TV in the next 12 months but not looking to purchase a 4K/UHD TV. Source: Parks Associates.

A lack of familiarity and high prices are two key factors holding back sales of 4K/Ultra HD (UHD) TVs, according to new research from Parks Associates.

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Survey: Live TV Is Losing Appeal Among Millennials
SV Staff  |  Sep 14, 2017  | 
Millennials watch more time-shifted programs (55 percent) than live TV (45 percent) compared with older viewers who prefer watching live TV over time-shifted content by a three to two margin, according to a new study from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA).
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