Do you watch most of your television in HD, or standard definition?
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- High-definition monitors at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this year
Even though 56% of U.S. households have high-def, more than 80% of television viewing is still done in standard definition, according to a report this week by Nielsen.
We at Digits were surprised by this number and wondered why people with HD TVs would watch so much non-HD programming. Nielsen explains that most people with HD TVs also have non-HD televisions in the house, and a full third of programming is viewed on those standard sets.
