How computing killed the television star
There's a revolution going on in my living room. The focus has shifted, away from TV and toward all the other screens that we have.
Like most people I know, passively sitting in front of the TV is a thing of the past, and we're just as likely to be waving a motion-control remote at it in some new gaming universe. Even watching a soccer match is a multimedia event, as I get real-time comment from The Guardian on the laptop and converse with friends on the phone's free messenger WhatsApp.
As a family, we simply don't have the time or inclination to watch much terrestrial or even satellite TV. While the Spring Festival Gala, blue-chip events like the Olympics and our weekly Friday night video (usually a download that I put on a USB) still unites us around the tube, the rest of the time it is secondary to the mobile phone, iPad and computer screens.
