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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.

Read the full story on Multichannel News.

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