Aussies Prefer To Watch Their Internet TV On The Computer Rather Than Television
Where to watch those streams?
A survey in Australia has shown that online tv viewers are streaming to the pc rather than an internet connected television set. The survey by Fairfax Media shows that the pc will not be muscled out by newfangled technology
It is a widely held belief, put about by tv networks and manufacturers, that a big television screen is the best place to watch full-length TV shows streamed from the web. However the Fairfax digital arm says that in the survey of 10,157 viewers, 25% revealed they watched full-length TV shows and movies on the web. Of those 95% used the pc screen rather than the television screen to view them. 64% said they viewed streams in the evenings on a laptop or pc.
However, the TV manufacturers are not impressed, Sony’s technology communications manager, Paul Colley, said the computer was only ever likely to be used for ”snacking” TV snippets, and the viewing of longer programs will move to TV screens.
”Crowding around a PC with a mouse in hand is not particularly conducive to watching those [full-length] programs. People are also more likely to be watching on their own because of that,” he said. ”Internet TV will become a normal viewing habit and for a good viewing experience we believe that can only really be on the TV.”
It is in the manufacturers interest to convince us all that the TV is the place to view online tv. However the current crop of web enabled tv sets do have drawbacks, like the fact the internet is not fully accessible but users have to view internet content via apps which is a restriction from the current pc.
Of course, the new wave of web connected television sets have not infiltrated into the market enough to see which way the viewers will sway.
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