Survey: Americans can’t live without DVRs

FROM MULTICHANNEL NEWS: Second-most essential technology after mobile phone

By Todd Spangler of Multichannel News -- Video Business, 9/3/2008

SEPT. 3 | FROM MULTICHANNEL NEWS: Most Americans say a digital video recorder is indispensable—and that it has improved their marriages, according to a recent survey.

About 81% of Americans surveyed said a DVR is an essential technology, beaten only by those who said they couldn’t live without their mobile phone (92%).

Meanwhile, 79% of DVR users who have a significant other said that using a digital video recorder has improved their relationship with their partner, by decreasing the likelihood of arguments over what to watch and allowing couples to watch shows of mutual interest together.

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