nmalinoski wrote:Your pool of people you know must be too small to be representative. It's probably because I haven't bothered getting a new one in some time, but my current living room TV is 32", and the largest in the house is 40".
Lol. Just my immediate family alone wouldn't be exactly be called small. I'm one of 18 cousins. Just the grandparents down there's 60 of us. 26 different households (yes, I counted
. Haven't seen a tiny 32" or 40" TV in years – unless you count computer monitors. In fact I just checked and by me (Philly/NYC area) people are giving away working ~30, 32, 36", 42"+ flatscreens for free on Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace since they're considered antiquated (no offense meant, but I simply assume if I see working ones for free pretty commonly that's what other people think of them).
That's not even getting into the probably 100+ friends and friends of family members whose houses I've been to in the last couple years...
Also found
this saying average in US is 48" (so not far off from the 50" I've observed myself).