Topics of Technology Rec.
Television
Video Games
DVD/VHS
Movie Theaters
Television
Huge form of recreation. Most people watch a lot of TV each day
and billions are spent on advertising for these people.
The average person spends 4 hours a day watching TV.
The cost to advertise for 30 seconds on many popular TV shows is
more than $300,000
Video Games
People spend more the $10 BILLION each year on video games.
This is huge for our economy. It makes a lot of jobs for the
programmers and the manufactures.
Video games are one of the top recreation methods in the World.
DVD/VHS
The Release of movies brings in about $9 Billion
per year in the United States
"VHS and DVD are worth over $14 Billion (US) per
year"
Movie rentals bring in another $8 Billion (US)
per year
Pay-Per-View movies, alone, have an annual value
of about $1.6 Billion, not including Adult videos, and Pay-Per-View
events.
Movie Theater
Regal's revenue for the second quarter ended June 26 increased
to $648.1 million
It cost $7.50 per person to go to a movie now and another $10 on
top of that for popcorn and things like that. This is huge for the
economy as well.
What This Means
After all of his, it shows that technology is a huge impact on
economic and recreational status of our country.
It means that the electronic revolution in recreation is here to
stay.
Remember, now electronic recreation is in the hundreds of
billions of dollars.
Sources:
Video Games
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2004/12/18/MNGUOAE36I1.DTL
Theaters
http://www.factbook.net/wbglobal_rev.htm
http://www.markels.com/NY%20Times%20%20A%20Movie%20Theater%20Revival,%20Aided%20by%20Teenagers.htm
Television
http://upn33.com/adpromo/local_story_263221827.html
http://www.snipsmag.com/CDA/ArticleInformation/features/BNP__Features__Item/0,3374,78563,00.html
DVD/VHS
http://www.dvdinformation.com/News/press/010802.htm
http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20051024/2530/