TV cost

If you replace your TV every ten years at an average price of $700, after 90 years you spent $6,300 on TVs.

Hours of commercials

On average you probably see approximately seven minutes of commercials for every 30 minutes of TV shows.

If you watch TV eight hours a day for 80 years, you have seen 54,506 hours of commercials.

Remote controls

All the electronics today work by remote. If you press remote control buttons 20 times each day, after 20 years it equals 146,000 times.

After 40 years it equals 292,000 times.

Favorite 60 minute show

If you have a favorite show that is on five days a week, every 10 years you spent 2,600 hours watching it.

You can see a total of 1,300 movies instead during that time if they are each two hours long.

One mile big TV screen

If you have a 37 inch plasma TV set, your TV screen would have to be 63,360 inches to equal one mile.

You would need 143 TV sets of 37 inches in size to equal a screen that is 63,360 inches.

Endless commercials

On average you probably have approximately seven minutes of commercials for every 30 minutes of TV shows.

If you watch TV eight hours a day, you watch 681.3 hours of commercials per year.

This is equal to 28.38 days of nonstop commercials.

Television time wasted

If you spend six hours a day in front of your TV, you spend 2,190 hours a year watching TV.

If you did this for 70 years, you spent 153,300 hours of your life in front of the TV.

This is equal to 6,387 days of watching TV 24 hours a day or 17 1/2 years of watching it nonstop.

If you used that time instead to read five books a year, you can read 88 books during that time.