With the switch-over to digital TV about to complete at the end of this month when the disaster-struck prefectures join the rest of the country in turning off analogue terrestrial broadcasts, this seems like a good time to look with goo Research at how people are using terrestrial digital television, in their third regular report into this topic, as featured on japan.internet.com.
Demographics
Over the 27th and 28th of February 2012 1,087 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.6% of the sample were male, 16.2% in their teens, 18.1% in their twenties, 21.3% in their thirties, 16.6% in their forties, and 27.9% aged fifty or older.
I like the instant weather forecasts, especially as my television knows where I live, so I always get the exact weather for the town, with the default being an 18 to 24 hour forecast, with the weather and temperatures predicted in three hour intervals. My wife heavily uses the EPG programming, but that was available for our old analogue television too. She also once took part in a quiz broadcast along with a program, but I didn’t have the heart (or the stamina!) to explain that because we’ve not got the TV plugged into the internet, nothing was actually being recorded. Read the rest of this entry »
At least, I hope the last survey! This is a survey from DIMSDRIVE Research into digital terrestrial television that was conducted in February, published in July, and finally translated by me in October.
Demographics
Between the 10th and 24th of February 2011 7,237 members of the DIMSDRIVE Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 54.5% of the sample were male, 0.9% in their teens, 9.3% in their twenties, 27.8% in their thirties, 32.1% in their forties, 18.4% in their fifties, and 11.5% aged sixty or older.
As everything’s a bit out of date now that the digital switchover is history, instead here’s a countdown to the switchoever:
With just over a month to go until the digital switchover on the 24th of July 2011, goo Research took their 19th regular look at digital terrestrial television, as reported on by japan.internet.com.
Demographics
Between the 23rd and 26th of May 2011 1,099 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.1% of the sample were male, 16.4% in their teens, 18.2% in their twenties, 21.2% in their thirties, 16.3% in their forties, 15.7% in their fifties, and 12.3% aged sixty or older. Note that those in the Tohoku area were excluded from the survey.
Rather than a graph, here’s an advert promoting kiddie-fiddling the digital switchover.
Well, at least according to the latest survey from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, their 18th survey into digital terrestrial television broadcasts.
Demographics
Between the 14th and 17th of February 2011 1,089 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.8% of the sample were male, 16.5% in their teens, 18.1% in their twenties, 21.4% in their thirties, 15.8% in their forties, 16.3% in their fifties, and 11.9% aged sixty or older.
I’d be a bit wary of the figures being representative of the whole population, as the survey is for people who have home computers; I hear that a lot of retired people are still not ready yet, and considering that there has been very little advertising for set-top boxes versus a whole new television, I’m sure there’s a lot who don’t know what to do. Personally, I think the government should give out vouchers for set-top boxes with pension payments; this can be paid for by getting rid of the “digital ambassadors” they have – six high-end stars who I’m pretty sure are getting sufficiently fat wads for their appearances.
With only seven months to go from the date of this survey before the plug is pulled (perhaps) on analogue broadcasts, goo Research took their 17th regular look at terrestrial digital television. The survey results were published by japan.internet.com.
Demographics
Between the 13th and 16th of December 2010 1,097 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.6% of the sample were male, 16.3% in their teens, 18.3% in their twenties, 21.6% in their thirties, 16.3% in their forties, 15.5% in their fifties, and 11.9% aged sixty or older.
I’m all ready now, having got my Panasonic VIERA TC-P42G25 42-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV (Amazon affiliate link) installed two days before Christmas. The data channel is well done, and as we enter our postcode when setting up the local weather for the town appears by default. I’ll not be bothering with the AcTVila feature, however, and given this report on hacking tellies (it’s either a Panasonic or a Samsung they analysed) I’ll be keeping it offline for the foreseeable future.
Note that although analogue broadcast is supposed to finish on the 24th of July this year, I’ve heard the cable companies may be asked to continue to carry it, and today’s news said that television stations may also decide to keep broadcasting in analogue. Read the rest of this entry »
With only just over eight months before the analogue switch-off, and more importantly with the eco point digital TV cashback to be halved at the end of the month, the 16th regular survey by goo Research into terrestrial digital television broadcasts, reported on by japan.internet.com, found that finally the number of people digital-ready surpassed analogue equipment owners – see the 15th regular survey for the previous data.
Demographics
On the 25th of October 2010 1,093 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private intenet-based questionnaire. 52.2% of the sample were male, 16.7% in their teens, 18.1% in their twenties, 22.0% in their thirties, 16.1% in their forties, 16.0% in their fifties, and 11.2% aged sixty or older.
Talking of the halving of eco points, I really, really have to buy two tellies, one for the in-laws, and one for ourselves. For a 32 inch, the eco point cashback is dropping from 12,000 yen to 6,000 yen, so we have to be quick…
I also heard at the weekend when the cable company came round for their regular check-up of our reception that the government are very likely to request that all cable companies continue to supply an analogue feed after the switch-off. Read the rest of this entry »
In the fifteenth regular monthly survey by goo Research into terrestrial digital television broadcasts, japan.internet.com reported that very nearly three in four are now terrestrial digital ready, whether it be with television or video equipment.
Demographics
Between the 26th and 28th of July 2010 1,085 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.1% of the sample were male, 16.7% in their teens, 18.1% in their twenties, 21.4% in their thirties, 16.3% in their forties, 15.8% in their fifties, and 11.8% agerd sixty or over.
The switchover to digital is now less than a year away, with the 24th of July 2011 being the analogue switch-off day. Although the news last weekend reported that television and other device sales over the summer softened, affecting the GDP adversely, with the eco point system due to end in December, I predict that the autumn and early winter will see the sales of televisions pick up again as both deadlines approach.
I need to buy two televisions; one for home, and one with a built-in hard disk recorder for the parents-in-law as they have been muttering that a tuner box will not be enough. Read the rest of this entry »
With the deadline for the digital terrestrial switchover getting ever closer – only 13 months until the 24th of July 2011 – rates of adoption are creeping up, according to this recent survey from goo Research and reported on by japan.internet.com into terrestrial digital television, the 14th time this regular survey has been conducted.
Demographics
Between the 10th and 12th of May 2010 1,084 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.0% of the sample were male, 16.3% in their teens, 17.7% in their twenties, 21.5% in their thirties, 16.2% in their forties, 15.9% in their fifties, and 12.0% aged sixty or older.
Coupled with the Eco Point system for rebates for buying digital televisions due to end in December of this year (it works out at about 20% off a Japanese brand 32″), surely the next couple of surveys will see the figure surpass 80%. I know I’m tempted to buy with my summer bonus.
As a cross-reference, I saw the government recently claiming that 83.8% of households were digital-ready, a figure that differs greatly from the numbers here. If you notice the wording, though, it implies that these households have at least one digital reception device, which would include One Seg mobile phones, but I hardly see them taking pride of place in one’s living room!
In Q2, I cannot really think why three people were satisfied with the copy protection on digital broadcasts. Perhaps the respondents has either worked on the specifications or were in the business of selling hacking software. Read the rest of this entry »
Between the 26th of February and 3rd of March 2010 1,072 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.8% of the sample were male, 16.4% in their teens, 18.3% in their twenties, 21.5% in their thirties, 16.2% in their forties, 15.5% in their fifties, and 12.0% aged sixty or older.
I’m one of the people not using the advanced features of digital broadcasts, as She Who Must Be Obeyed won’t let me anywhere near the remote! She uses the EPG-based programming herself a lot, as our digital receiver is our Diga. Read the rest of this entry »
As part of goo Research’s 12th regular survey into terrestrial digital television broadcasts, reported on by japan.internet.com, people’s upgrade plans were revealed, and the cheapest option of a separate tuner box had very few takers.
Demographics
Between the 10th and 15th of December 2009 1,062 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.0% of the sample were male, 16.5% in their teens, 18.3% in their twenties, 21.5% in their thirties, 16.0% in their forties, 15.8% in their fifties, and 12.0% aged sixty or older.
My parents in law need to be upgraded at, no doubt, my expense, so they’ll be getting the cheapest option, the tuner box, assuming we can find one! Last month they had NTT round trying to sell them either ADSL or fibre plus IPTV (they weren’t very sure either) but at about 5,000 yen per month it didn’t take much for us to persuade them it was an utter waste!
We’ve a digital-ready DVD and hard disk recorder, but I wonder if I might also buy a tuner box as the recorder takes too long to power up. But if we do that, we then have to worry about remote control overload…
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