In the first pages of Fahrenheit 451, does technology improve the quality of life for Montag and his wife, Mildred?

Technology clearly does not improve the quality of life
that the Montags enjoy.  At the beginning of the book, Guy Montag seems to think that it
does, but by the time he gets home and is in his bedroom, we see that it does
not.

At the very start of the book, technology seems
beneficial.  The descriptions of the subway train and the escalator are very appealing. 
They make it seem as if these conveniences have made Montag's life better.  However, the
scene in his bedroom after he has met Clarisse show just how empty technology has
actually made the Montags' lives.

In that scene, we are
shown that technology has essentially made Mildred's life cold and barren.  She is
described as being like a corpse.  We are told that the technology is like an ocean and
that Mildred drowns in it every night.  These are not the sorts of images that would
make us feel that her quality of life has been improved by
technology.

From this, it is clear that technology may have
made life convenient, but it has also robbed it of meaning.  The scene in the bedroom
makes it clear that the Montags' quality of life has been harmed by the
technology.