| bdbdbd said: @HappySqurriel: About how surprising the results were, of course depends on your expectations. Since the majority of people, who have moved away from their parents in the last decade, have widescreen TV:s and the people who have wheir Wiis online, are propably the people who have some kind of understanding for technology, are the people who have widescreens, and these people do buy a lot of consoles. Of course, there are the kids, with their 20" CRT:s (i forgot, that less than 20" TV:s have been mostly 4/3 up to just recently). Anyway, i did expect a lot bigger widescreen percentage. But, in the other hand, this shows that people don't care so much about the visual qualities (and in Wiis case, widescreen is better for gameplay). Also the regional differences would have been nice to see, definately Japan raises the average and Europe lowers, since EDTV never gained any popularity here. But, as you said, percentage of HDTV:s would also be interesting. |
Honestly, I really doubt it is "The Kids" (People between 18 and 35) who really have the majority of Widescreen TVs or HDTVs ...
Something I have seen day in and day out which is exagerated by where I live (Calgary) is that the majority of people between 25 and 35 have difficulty paying rent/mortgage, paying down their debt (often large student debt) and paying for the bare necessities of life; as an example I pay $1250 on a 500 square foot single bedroom apartment which is not the cheapest but is the least expensive apartment without a 6 month waitlist that is within walking distance of public transit.
The 40% of people in this age group who have a college/university degree or are in the trades make decent enough money to survive but only a few are splurging on fancy electronics and what not; the other 60% live with 2 to 4 room mates, and everthing they own is used. Even those that were lucky enough to buy homes a few years ago tend to have young children which are money/time sinks and are not buying personal toys because they lack the time or money for items like that.
The people I see who are buying expensive things are over 45, have no mortgage and are living in a $600,000 house they bought 10 years ago for $150,000; their children are teenagers or have moved out of the house and they have the time and money to start enjoying things like brand new TVs.
Maybe I live in the only place in the world where this happens but I don't believe that is the case; the Sports car has always been owned by the 50+ year old even though it is the dream car of most 20 year olds.
