Comments on: 30% of US Homes Have an Internet Connected Video Device http://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/08/10/30-of-us-homes-have-an-internet-connected-video-device/ TiVo, Slingbox, Android, Blu-ray Disc, and whatever other tech I feel like blogging about... Fri, 18 Sep 2020 20:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: MegaZonehttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/08/10/30-of-us-homes-have-an-internet-connected-video-device/comment-page-1/#comment-27794 MegaZone Thu, 11 Aug 2011 06:59:00 +0000 http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=4341#comment-27794 Yeah, the specific numbers seem hinky, but the overall findings are easier to accept.One thing - remember the Revue launched at $299.99, but quickly cut to $249.99, and then $199.99 - and now it is $99.99.  For $100 I think it is a steal, which is why I grabbed one.  Especially as it will get the Honeycomb update later this year which will bring apps and much improved UI. Yeah, the specific numbers seem hinky, but the overall findings are easier to accept.

One thing – remember the Revue launched at $299.99, but quickly cut to $249.99, and then $199.99 – and now it is $99.99.  For $100 I think it is a steal, which is why I grabbed one.  Especially as it will get the Honeycomb update later this year which will bring apps and much improved UI.

]]> By: Fanfoothttp://www.gizmolovers.com/2011/08/10/30-of-us-homes-have-an-internet-connected-video-device/comment-page-1/#comment-27789 Fanfoot Thu, 11 Aug 2011 06:10:00 +0000 http://www.gizmolovers.com/?p=4341#comment-27789 I agree.  Some of these numbers don't pass the smell test.  There's absolutely no way Google TV is anywhere near 4% of US Homes.  That would be at least 4% of 114 Million (US TV Homes according to Nielsen May 2011) or 4.5 MILLION Google TVs.  If Google TV had sold 4.5 Million Units it would not be seen as some horrible failure...Roku and Apple TV are in the $99 or less range and the Logitech Revue is $299.  The one Sony Blu-Ray model is expensive, boxy and slow.  I can't believe anybody would buy it if they didn't want the Google TV part.  Sony has some TV models that include Google TV, but again, they're expensive, and its not like just buying a Sony TV would end you up in the Google TV numbers.No way these are even remotely right.There's something here of course, since Netflix now has more users than there are DVR users in the US.  Internet streaming really is taking off.   There's just something wrong with this study. I agree.  Some of these numbers don’t pass the smell test.  There’s absolutely no way Google TV is anywhere near 4% of US Homes.  That would be at least 4% of 114 Million (US TV Homes according to Nielsen May 2011) or 4.5 MILLION Google TVs.  If Google TV had sold 4.5 Million Units it would not be seen as some horrible failure…

Roku and Apple TV are in the $99 or less range and the Logitech Revue is $299.  The one Sony Blu-Ray model is expensive, boxy and slow.  I can’t believe anybody would buy it if they didn’t want the Google TV part.  Sony has some TV models that include Google TV, but again, they’re expensive, and its not like just buying a Sony TV would end you up in the Google TV numbers.

No way these are even remotely right.

There’s something here of course, since Netflix now has more users than there are DVR users in the US.  Internet streaming really is taking off.   There’s just something wrong with this study.

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