We all know that internet TV is the hot ticket right now and that traditional TV is well, just Erm.. boring. But in a new report, Microsoft are claiming that within 4 years traditional TV could be dead and buried.

Apparently the TV sitting in your front room will soon be obsolete, and will be replaced by Internet TV and TV that accesses the internet. They also predict that Internet useage will be greater than TV useage by the year 2010. Microsofts forecast shows that on average useage of the Internet will be 14.2 hours per week compared to 11.5 hours watching the traditional gogglebox.

How much can be read into an internet based company predicting the death of TV and a move into internet based TV streams? Well there is no denying the facts that the trend for higher Internet access has been happening for quite some time according to research. Interestingly though, Microsoft are also predicting a 50 percent fall in Internet useage on standard computers within the next five years indicating a move away from watching tv on pc to Internet enabled TV sets.

Of course traditional TV is being attacked from all sides including mobile TV on phones and other portable devices which although only slowly catching on, is now a major growth market.

Of course this is all theory and conjecture but the simple fact is that our viewing habits and Internet useage will change significantly in the near future.

Crazy Matt Cazzy into all things hi-tech, gizmos and gadgets. If its just out, i want it. Loves watching tv on every device ever invented that can handle it

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