Nope - I'm afraid that however I look at it, I'd definitely rather shag my girlfriend than have a big telly. No contest.

Actually, don't - stay indoors, keep off the streets. I'm enjoying myself out here but it's over-crowded as it is.

... 'cos <cough> a friend of a friend of mine might be claiming a few....

PH: Well, you can always look.

Chances are that if a bloke is willing to give up sex for 6 months for a TV, then the missus isn't going to be missing much anway!

I can only hope some of those polled were having a laugh.

Shagging is highly overrated. Not the actual act, but all of the baggage that it seemingly entails. In the words of John Cougar Mellencamp "I want a lover that won't drive me crazy..."

Amyway, plasma's old hat. The newer LCDs (Sony XBRxx and Samsung LNT467x series in particular) are great and use half the power of plasma screens. Ok -- they might not match the blackest-blacks or give ultimate off-axis viewing, but still.

Paris because she'd choose LCD over plasma -- and not give up the shag...

One thing missing from the survey is how many of those prepared to give up sex are actually getting any regularly. If those guys aren't getting any sex then giving it up is hardly a chore and they'd get a TV for free....

Are you sure the survey didn't read 47% of Men reckon they wouldn't get a change within six months if they dared to stick a 50in screen in the sitting room.

...since my birthday does not fall in the next six months.

Bring on the plasma!

I'd rather shag your girlfriend too.....

... there was an unusually high number of single Mormons in the polling group. They figured that since they're not having sex for a while anyway, that might as well get a TV out of it.

"If you buy me a 50'' plasma then..."

Does this contract preclude buffing the happy lamp?

I guess the 47% in this survey haven't seen "40 Days and 40 Nights"

6 months is a long time!! maybe a week...plus the amount you'd have to spend on your gf to keep her happy for 6 months without it would probably cost more than the TV anyway!!!

Remind me - what was Comet's old slogan?

"I'm enjoying myself out here but it's over-crowded as it is."

Well then logically you should be out trying to give these people TVs to slow population growth.

If you start out with the understanding that you're not going to be having sex in the next half a year, regardless of whether there is a plasma screen involved -- why not get something out of it at least?

(Posted anonymously because I am a coward.)

most people just give the answers they think the surveyor wants to hear. I bet they would get completely different answers if the person asking the questions was a tall, blonde 22-year old model than if she was a 55 year old, 22 stone granny with a moustache.

p.s. any chance they'd back-date the offer :-)

We should encourage all those people who wanted the tele instead of a hot chick to go to sex lessons because they're obviously no good at it and thus get none.

"I'm enjoying myself out here but it's over-crowded as it is."

I'm guessing out there means stuck in an office, reading a pointless story on El Reg because you got nothing else to do, unless you often take your laptop to the pub/park/outthere just so you can laugh at people who gave silly answers to a spotty teenage with a clipboard on the way out of comet on a busy saturday........ your life must be SO exciting.

As for me, I already have a 40" LCD.... and I still get to do the dirty with the missus...

oh - and plasma sucks, 50" just makes the suckiness of plasma more obvious....

Or upgrade to twelve months for a Sony G90.. (if I can choose time in the past)

Fortunately I have a probability of decent sex in the next six months, and already possess 96" ;)

I haven't had a shag in 3 years, another six months isn't gonna hurt.

Now where's that bloody white stick of mine...?

Paris, because I have a great imagination.

only 6 months??? Easy!

Does 75% of the population REALLY have a choccy habit more expensive than a new plasma telly every 6 months, then?

Methinks there is something wrong with this survey.

Apart from the sport, surely the reason to get a massive screen is to tune in to the pron channels for 6 months of DIY anyway ?

It's what you watch with it. Larger screens have a picture that's likely to be too soft anyway, I think I'll stick with my 14incher

My wife has refused to sleep with me for the last 6 months, something to do with me getting her up the duff and not being wealthy enough, and well, just being male.

Do you think I might be able to apply for compensation, in the form of said large plasma telly? I feel its the least I deserve.

I'm up for it: Where's me telly? Put up or shut up

Nice to know they're spending their money on pointless surveys about the sex lives of chavs when they could be paying their poor, mistreated Helldesk staff more than minimum wage.

Would they give up Beer for 6 months, that's the question!

A good telly in return for six months of chastity is one thing. (Particularly when you'd have the perfect display for your more _cough_ specialist _cough_ videos.) But what would you with two of them for a years worth of cold shoulders? I don't think ny amount of shiney hardware would make up for a decade of "good behvaiour"

...nuff said

Can we have SED at last?

Pleeeease, Canon?

My Ex. got snippy about me spending more time on the computer than on her. Didn't like it when I pointed out that I find my computer rather boring much of the time, but still less boring than her. An Eliza program could provide more stimulating conversation. And a sack of potatoes a more interactive bed-partner.

Still, I would still rate her above 95% of TV content, so no plasma - can I have a 30" LCD monitor instead?

Paris because I feel my Ex and her might be timesharing a single brain.

Girl: "Did you see ...... last night?"

Me: "I don't own a tv"

(incredulous) Girl: "What do you DO?"

Actual conversation at work today.... Depressing, isn't it?

..not plasma, she didn't like the shiny screens, but LCD......

I'll give Comet a 50" plasma screen if they'll get me a really good shag for 6 months duration. I may be dead by the end of it but, at least, I'll die smiling !!

@ Mark

I had much the same conversation with some girl recently hmmmm wonder if it was the same one lol ;)

Paris because because lots of other people are using her and I didn't want to feel left out

If you read the fineprint, you'd probably find 50% of -married- men would skip a shag with their -wife- for a 50in plasma... as it doesn't complain about how you viewed it "just two weeks ago"..

Good to see a man who appreciates a *real* piece of image-generating equipment!

Wow, I regularly go months without getting any (6 months being about the longest stretch) and all I've got to show for it is a pathetic 17 inch CRT TV. I feel like I've been cheated.

...the appeal of watching tv or video on a screen so large , it can be seen from space. Late night <cough> viewing could be a little worrying for the neighbours, and the burglars would LOVE it ..(easy to spot).

I've also wondered , would the increase in scale <cough> make me feel inadequate/nauseous?

> [...] they are not legally obliged to watch Arsenal versus Chelsea [...]

I'd rather go for that licit Man on Man action! To be UnITed in the City, that'd be sooo hot that... oh wait, wot?

Paris shares my confusion. She understands plasma is sooo hot that... oh wait, wot? (Though we both await the IT angle, Lester.)

Why did the architect have his house made (maid) backwards?

So he could watch TV at the same time!

Watch one hour of news and you will have the BBC logo burned through on your new screen for posterity.

Now, about that pair of Krell monoblocks...

Anybody willing to swap a 50" HD Plasma for their girlfriend?

Will consider throwing in an XBox 360 if she's a catwalk model, and can craft beautiful C++.

If she's ugly, your getting my old black and white portable.

I seem to have that conversation with people regularly! If a big TV = no sex, perhaps those of us with no TV should be granted threesomes?

I've been shagged by comet's shopfloor on a number of occasions totalling at least 6 months when they sold me a dud device - can I swap all of the devices for a 50" plasma instead?

Gosh! As a custom home cinema installer I'm horified that I didn't realise that; there was me thinking that pros-and-cons wise LCD and plasma were pretty well matched across the range, though with plasma having the edge at the high-end of the market (and 1080p isn't the be-all and end-all by any means). Though maybe all my install have been faulty because our customer don't seem to get the BBC news logo burned onto their screens like Vladimir Plouzhnikov informs me they should.

50in TV, Babestation and a box of tissues. Problem solved...

That's hardly a representative sample. 47% of 2000 men is 940 men. In a country with a population in excess of 60 million, approximately 30 million of which are men, 940 men can hardly speak for the majority.

No point posting anonymously - we can recognize your spelling anywhere.

Hot bloke on widescreen action? Errr no thanks. Not even if they call it The Olympics.

"Though maybe all my install have been faulty because our customer don't seem to get the BBC news logo burned onto their screens like Vladimir Plouzhnikov informs me they should."

Oh, they must be watching Sky News....

Don't have a tv or a girlfriend.....wots innit for me?

"watch Arsenal versus Chelsea on their hubbies' crowd-pleasing equipment"

My equipment's certainly been known to please a few crowds in the past but I've never managed to get it to show the Arsenal Vs Chelsea match, I think I can live with that though ;)