# NYS Leads In Something!

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**Created:** [October 31, 2007, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nys-leads-in-something/37931 "2007-10-31T11:02:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nys-leads-in-something/37931/1 "2007-10-31T11:02:45Z")

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> The east is the best: [New York](http://www.pcworld.com/tags/New+York.html) residents are leading the nation in adopting high-definition television (HDTV), with 17.5 percent of households receiving the new broadcast standard, The [Nielsen Co.](http://www.pcworld.com/tags/Nielsen+Co..html) said Tuesday.  
> New York has almost 1.3 million households that are receiving at least one HD network or station (“HD receivable”), out of almost 7.4 million total households. [Los Angeles](http://www.pcworld.com/tags/Los+Angeles.html) has the highest number of households equipped with an HDTV and tuner (“HD capable”), but trails with only 17.1 percent actually receiving an HD station.  
> [Washington, D.C.](http://www.pcworld.com/tags/Washington%2c+DC.html), placed third, with 16.8 percent who are HD receivable, represented over 387,000 households.  
> Nationally, 13.7 percent of households are HD-capable, but only 11.3 percent, or just over 12.7 million households, are actually receiving HD service.  
> Households classified as Hispanic or Latino had 10.4 percent capability, with 8.2 percent receiving. African-American households had 8.1 percent HD-capable and 6.9 percent HD-receivable.

[http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,139124-c,hdtv/article.html](http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,139124-c,hdtv/article.html)

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**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nys-leads-in-something/37931/2 "2007-10-31T11:04:47Z")

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We lead in taxes too.

So we’re #1 in HD and taxes. Sweet.

I’m actually really surprised by the HD stat.

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**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nys-leads-in-something/37931/3 "2007-10-31T11:15:48Z")

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[quote=“JayS,post:2,topic:37931"”]

We lead in taxes too.

So we’re #1 in HD and taxes. Sweet.

I’m actually really surprised by the HD stat.

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I was surprised as well. It’s such a random kind of thing too. I am curious to know what kind of adoption for HD there is in Japan as well as the western European world.

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**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nys-leads-in-something/37931/4 "2007-10-31T11:21:05Z")

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lol… in japan, probably about 99%. Who would own a digital toilet but an analog TV?