Average home has 104 channels

mimo2005 · 04-10-2007, 09:06 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Bruce Springsteen once grumbled about having 57 TV channels, with "nothin' on." Now, the average American has nearly double that.

The typical American home received 104 television channels in 2006, Nielsen Media Research said on Monday, up from 61 in 2000.

In 1990, the typical number of channels was 33, Nielsen said. Two years later, Springsteen's "57 Channels (And Nothin' On)" was released.

The number of channels Americans receive at home is growing faster than the desire to actually watch them.

Last year, viewers watched only 15 percent of the stations available to them for any appreciable length of time; in 2000, they watched 22 percent of what they could surf through, Nielsen said.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/televis...56643808_x.htm

**superflysmith** · 04-10-2007, 09:55 AM

So when's Springsteen going to release his new single '104 channels and nothing on'?

ebackhus · 04-10-2007, 11:35 AM

I receive... 4 or so.

**40sondacurb** · 04-10-2007, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by ebackhus

I receive... 4 or so.

Ha! I got 8 to 7. Get out of the stone age man.

**8210GUY** · 04-10-2007, 12:02 PM

lol I must have several hundred channels, depending how you count them, satellite goes up to 999 but obviously not all are used, and some are just radio, but equally there are many channels running in set time slots on the 1 channel, so you could get 3 or 4 channels all running on the same transponder, but there have been many new channels since I last counted them up.

mimo2005 · 04-10-2007, 12:27 PM

this is what i watch :

Espn 1 & 2 sport news , court tv , discovery , abc news and NPR , animal planet , technology Tv , Nfl network in the nfl season and sometimes speed tv .

**TheAtheist** · 04-10-2007, 12:50 PM

I have 4 channels; bbc 1 and 2, ITV and Channel 4. Thats it, and thats all i need as i use my pc more nowadays. It would suffice if the goverment werent pestering us all to upgrade to Digital. I dont want digital. I see the way forward as tv on demand being streamed through the internet. This move is clearly a way for the goverment to bombard us with further propoganda to try and pursuade us the war in Iraq was worth it!!!!

geek73 · 04-10-2007, 01:23 PM

Hey with netflix who needs cable? I get the 8 dvd's at a time and have it set where I get at least 1 new one everyday except Sunday.. Granted I still wacth my local news (although it is the same thing for the last 5 years) And ABC, NBC etc have all there shows on the net now for free so who needs cable?

**Joefireline** · 04-10-2007, 01:40 PM

We just have a freeview box, but I would count that as... 0 channels, as they all suck.

Wait, actully wantever Life of Mars is on, is the only good channel, though last one today, meaning 0 tomorrow...

**forcifer** · 04-10-2007, 03:07 PM

we have alot, only use maybe 20?

sinclair_tm · 04-10-2007, 05:28 PM

no cable, get air broadcast, and then i only watch a couple of shows, so i could get away with only those 3 channels. cbs (ncis, and numb3rs), pbs(nova, nature and nat geo specials), and i think the last one is nbc(raines), but i'm not sure.

**Ariesjill** · 04-10-2007, 06:23 PM

But...IF it is the home of a MEDIUM....there there could be an INFINTE number of "channels"!!

Put THAT in yr pipelines & smoke it, coaxial/satellite providers!

geek73 · 04-10-2007, 06:32 PM

Patricia arquette is in my home does that count as Medium lol jk

**Ariesjill** · 04-10-2007, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by geek73

Patricia arquette is in my home does that count as Medium lol jk

Totally! And also anyone in any Quentin Tarrantino movie!

95five-0 · 04-11-2007, 08:11 AM

I have a 150 channels and I only watch Discovery, History, and Adult Swim. I use to watch G4 back when it was Tech TV but I can't stand the new format. And lastly in my rant when the hell is VH1 going to show something other than "I Love New York"

**Ariesjill** · 04-12-2007, 02:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 95five-0

I have a 150 channels and I only watch Discovery, History, and Adult Swim. I use to watch G4 back when it was Tech TV but I can't stand the new format. And lastly in my rant when the hell is VH1 going to show something other than "I Love New York"

Reply 2 rant question: When Yewwwwww....start LUVIN US!

In Manhattan

crazijoe · 04-12-2007, 06:29 AM

We have cable but only have 68 channels. Our cable provider keeps calling us up wanting us to upgrade to digital cable. I asked them "Is it going to be the same price that I am paying now?" and they reply "Well no, it will be about $15 dollars more plus the rental on the digital cable box."
I politely replied " Then I don't want it. I will take it if you guarrantied that I will pay the same price." They just said that they couldn't do it. and I tell them well I can't do it then.
We normally watch the local networks plus travel channel, HGTV, Food Network, History channel, Discovery channel, TLC, A&E, FX, Bravo, TCM.

I'm a big fan of Amazing Race. Not so much the drama but all the different places they go to.

**8210GUY** · 04-12-2007, 06:41 AM

Similar to me, HD TV has launched over here and to get it you have to pay an extra £10, and thats to get what you already get, the only difference is you get maybe around 10 or so channels that are currently being produced in HD, so like yourself I refuse to pay more for what I already get, I have all the movie and entertainment channels etc, pretty much everything except for sports and any pay per view channels, you'd never be able to watch them all and keep up with them, way to many.

ebackhus · 04-12-2007, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by crazijoe

We have cable but only have 68 channels. Our cable provider keeps calling us up wanting us to upgrade to digital cable. I asked them "Is it going to be the same price that I am paying now?" and they reply "Well no, it will be about $15 dollars more plus the rental on the digital cable box."
I politely replied " Then I don't want it. I will take it if you guarrantied that I will pay the same price." They just said that they couldn't do it. and I tell them well I can't do it then.
We normally watch the local networks plus travel channel, HGTV, Food Network, History channel, Discovery channel, TLC, A&E, FX, Bravo, TCM.

I'm a big fan of Amazing Race. Not so much the drama but all the different places they go to.

I hear ya! I have digital phone and high speed Internet so they're always trying to sell me digital cable. I'm not home enough to enjoy it and I don't like the idea of paying another $50/mo for maybe 4 good channels out of hundreds.

bry623 · 04-12-2007, 10:43 AM

I have satellite with DVR. The only way to watch TV!

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mimo2005 Manager, Emeritus Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 11,142 OS: xp	Average home has 104 channels NEW YORK (AP) — Bruce Springsteen once grumbled about having 57 TV channels, with "nothin' on." Now, the average American has nearly double that. The typical American home received 104 television channels in 2006, Nielsen Media Research said on Monday, up from 61 in 2000. In 1990, the typical number of channels was 33, Nielsen said. Two years later, Springsteen's "57 Channels (And Nothin' On)" was released. The number of channels Americans receive at home is growing faster than the desire to actually watch them. Last year, viewers watched only 15 percent of the stations available to them for any appreciable length of time; in 2000, they watched 22 percent of what they could surf through, Nielsen said. http://www.usatoday.com/life/televis...56643808_x.htm __________________ TSF has outgrown its server, again. Please help "Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo"

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8210GUY TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,558 OS: xp Pro	Re: Average home has 104 channels lol I must have several hundred channels, depending how you count them, satellite goes up to 999 but obviously not all are used, and some are just radio, but equally there are many channels running in set time slots on the 1 channel, so you could get 3 or 4 channels all running on the same transponder, but there have been many new channels since I last counted them up.

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geek73 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 694 OS: SuSe Linux My System	Re: Average home has 104 channels Hey with netflix who needs cable? I get the 8 dvd's at a time and have it set where I get at least 1 new one everyday except Sunday.. Granted I still wacth my local news (although it is the same thing for the last 5 years) And ABC, NBC etc have all there shows on the net now for free so who needs cable? __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

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95five-0 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Corinth, TX Posts: 1,339 OS: 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008	Re: Average home has 104 channels I have a 150 channels and I only watch Discovery, History, and Adult Swim. I use to watch G4 back when it was Tech TV but I can't stand the new format. And lastly in my rant when the hell is VH1 going to show something other than "I Love New York" __________________ "If it's really a supercomputer, how come the bullets don't bounce off when I shoot it ?" <<PC Pitstop>><< AVG Free>><<Spybot>><<Everest 2.0>><<Trend Micro House Call>><<HijackThis How-to>>

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crazijoe Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Omaha, The Center of the Universe Posts: 7,632 OS: WinXP, Win2K3 My System	Re: Average home has 104 channels We have cable but only have 68 channels. Our cable provider keeps calling us up wanting us to upgrade to digital cable. I asked them "Is it going to be the same price that I am paying now?" and they reply "Well no, it will be about $15 dollars more plus the rental on the digital cable box." I politely replied " Then I don't want it. I will take it if you guarrantied that I will pay the same price." They just said that they couldn't do it. and I tell them well I can't do it then. We normally watch the local networks plus travel channel, HGTV, Food Network, History channel, Discovery channel, TLC, A&E, FX, Bravo, TCM. I'm a big fan of Amazing Race. Not so much the drama but all the different places they go to. __________________ Microsoft MCSA + Messaging, MVP, A+, Network+ http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b3...other/Help.jpg Do you want a real Republican? HDD diagnostic tools / HDD data recovery software

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8210GUY TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,558 OS: xp Pro	Re: Average home has 104 channels Similar to me, HD TV has launched over here and to get it you have to pay an extra £10, and thats to get what you already get, the only difference is you get maybe around 10 or so channels that are currently being produced in HD, so like yourself I refuse to pay more for what I already get, I have all the movie and entertainment channels etc, pretty much everything except for sports and any pay per view channels, you'd never be able to watch them all and keep up with them, way to many.

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bry623 Manager, The Conversation Pit/Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NW Territory circa 1787 Posts: 11,717 OS: winxp pro sp2	Re: Average home has 104 channels I have satellite with DVR. The only way to watch TV! __________________ "If you aren't a liberal when you're 20, you have no heart. If you aren't a conservative when you are 50, you have no brain"