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As everything’s a bit out of date now that the digital switchover is history, instead here’s a countdown to the switchoever: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.
Over the 22nd and 23rd of March 2011 1,138 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.0% of the sample were male, 16.3% in their teens, 17.8% in their twenties, 21.4% in their thirties, 16.5% in their forties, 15.8% in their fifties, and 12.2% aged sixty or older.
Perhaps an unreported follow-on question from Q3 was how people would use their mobile devices to gather information. For myself, I have found the one-seg digital telelvision feature on my mobile phone indispensable. Read the rest of this entry »
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 »
The title indicates a perhaps not too surprising result from a recent survey from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, into 3D contents.
Demographics
Between the 21st and 26th of October 2010 1,067 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.4% of the sample were male, 16.6% in their teens, 18.4% in their twenties, 20.3% in their thirties, 16.6% in their forties, 16.1% in their fifties, and 12.0% aged sixty or older.
Last month Toshiba announced that they would be releasing a no-glasses 3D television at the end of the year, and just this week Sharp made a similar announcement. However, the current state of the art is that only up to about a 20 inch television works, and there is only a relatively narrow sweet spot for getting the 3D effect. However, their strategy may be less promoting their new hardware and more trying to cast doubt in the consumer’s mind about the merits of with-glasses 3D, an area where both companies are losing out badly to their Japanese and Korean rivals. 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 »
A recent survey from goo Research into mobile phones and video, their 62nd monthly survey, reported on by japan.internet.com produced some interesting results, although I’m not sure of how to interpret them as there is an inbuilt bias in this particular type of goo survey.
Demographics
Between the 15th and 22nd of July 2010 1,012 members of the goo Research mobile monitor group completed a private mobile phone internet-based questionnaire. 55.0% of the sample were female, 3.4% in their teens, 27.4% in their twenties, 35.8% in their thirties, 25.1% in their forties, and 8.4% aged fifty or older.
Mobile phone-based surveys tend to attract heavy users of mobile phones, and heavy users tend to be frequent phone upgraders, so tend to be a bit more ahead of the curve hardware-wise, as perhaps Q2 reveals.
I also strongly suspect that there is a relationship between having an iPhone and watching more video more frequently, be it pre-recorded or streamed from YouTube, but unfortunately there is no data on this. Read the rest of this entry »
With 3D television starting to get off the ground in Japan, with a few particular programs being broadcast in 3D, goo Research took a look at television in general, but the report from japan.internet.com chose to focus on the 3D aspect.
Demographics
Between the 7th and 12th of July 2010 1,095 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.6% of the sample were male, 16.3% in their teens, 17.9% in their twenties, 21.4% in their thirties 16.4% in their forties, 15.5% in their fifties, and 12.4% aged sixty or older.
Although I’ve been to two 3D movies, I’ve not actually watched 3D television. I was in a store with a pair of 3D glasses set up, but they had some really rather uninteresting scenery sample playing, so I didn’t bother having a peek through the specs. I’ve no desire to buy despite manufacturers strongly pushing the new technology. Read the rest of this entry »
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