The average TV set is fast approaching 40 inches. Plasma and Liquid Raina Display (LCD) sets have taken over the market in the decade. Â Two new technologies have made it cheaper and easier to purchase large screen sets. How did they get so big so fast. The size of the average television in the U.S.

But more important than the number of sets may be the size of these sets. Home 2.93 TV sets per household compared to 2.54 people. These flat screen units can be mounted on a wall or can sit atop a media stand, much like flat screen computer monitors. Americans love their televisions. According to a recent report, there are more TVs than people in the average U.S. But new flat screen technology has changed all that. Has increased by a foot over the past decade.

These antiquated monsters took up several square feet of space and weighed several hundred pounds.

It is easier because these new devices take up a lot less room than the traditional cathode ray tube (CRT) television set.