According to a new poll commissioned by Sky HD the average Briton only accesses about half of the functions that come installed on their gadgets.
Out of the 3,000 people who were included in one of the polls, around half did not know that in order for their HD television to produce a HD viewing experience it had to be connected to a HD device such as a HD service or Blu-ray DVD player.
The survey also found that although 47% of women will ask for help with gadgets only about 25% of men will. Women were also more likely to read the product manual with 66% noting they do, while only 54% of men stated they routinely look at the manual.
A bit more on the comical side, it seems even IT professionals fall victim to frustration and the old ways of a Nintendo cartridge, with 10% admitting they will hit a gadget in order to attempt to get it working.
The Sky HD survey also discovered that on average a British consumer has over £3000 worth of electronics in their home but the amount that people spend for their gadgets versus the value of the functions that they know how to use is over £52b.
Editor of the gadget magazine, Stuff, Fraser Macdonald, said it is astonishing how much money people throw away when they fail to use their devices fully such as in the case of a HD television set that fails to reach its full potential due to the lack of an HD box or Blu-ray player.
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