Statistics: Infographic: American Consumers and Electronic Device Ownership (2009-2013)
From Nielsen:
More than three out of five Americans (65%) now carry smartphones, up from just 44 percent in 2011.
Tablets are now shared in 29 percent of households, and internet-enabled TV sets are in 16 percent of living rooms. And contrary to speculation that the demise of personal computing is forthcoming, PC ownership is up slightly over the last few years, and you can still find laptops and desktops in four out of five homes.
High-definition TV sets are at the heart of most Americans’ living rooms, as 83 percent of households include HDTVs, doubling since 2009 (41%). The presence of DVD players has slightly decreased over the last few years, while DVRs are now in nearly half (49%) of households. Digital cable and satellite are the main way consumers bring content to their TV screens, at 54 percent and 31 percent, respectively. As consumers anticipate new 8th-generation gaming consoles under their Christmas trees, game consoles are already in nearly half (46%) of U.S. households.
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.