Anyone here not own a TV?

[purplybob]

Coming up on my one year anniversary of not owning a TV. When I moved into my new place, I decided to try it as an experiment.

A year and 100+ books later, I have to say I am very happy to be TV free. Don't get me wrong, I still watch sports once in a while (mostly Redskins games) at a friend's or sports bar, and watch the occasional DVD on the computer, but probably watched less than 100 total hours last year. As a result, I read on average 4 or so hours a day.

Curious if anyone else here doesn't own a TV? I realize if I was still married, I still would. My kids (7 and 9) don't mind the TV-free 2x month weekends...we play a lot of board games, and I'm pleased they are both voracious readers.

[Hurricane]

I don't have a TV here at school, and when I go home, I barely watch (notable exceptions include "Glee", "Whale Wars", and "Ghost Adventures"). Before I came here I thought I'd miss it, but I really don't. If there's something I want to see, I just use Hulu or otherwise find it online.

[OrphanPip]

I have a TV in every room, and they always have to be on. Oddly enough, I don't really watch too many TV shows, mostly just news.

[L.M. The Third]

I've got a DVD player, but not TV as in stations. I'm afraid that watching movies on the DVD player has cut out a few too many hours reading time, even though I probably still watch less than a lot of people. I think it's generally great not to have a TV. Young people without it usually read more.

[Lacra]

I've got a DVD player, but not TV as in stations. I'm afraid that watching movies on the DVD player has cut out a few too many hours reading time, even though I probably still watch less than a lot of people. I think it's generally great not to have a TV. Young people without it usually read more.

Yes, young people without TV read more. When I was younger I didn't watch TV (although we had one) because of the communist idea of restricting the TV's show time. I used to watch the only 5 minutes of cartoons on Saturdays and Sundays. This was very beneficial for me: I devoured many books.

[LitNetIsGreat]

I have a TV in every room, and they always have to be on.

That's like my personal hell. :yikes:

I think that I could do without my TV, I could watch films via the computer so I would be OK, but Mrs Neely could not live without one - she's always watching nonsense, which is why I tend to retreat to my reading room.

I know someone at University who hasn't had a TV for something like eight years, instead her flat is wall-to-wall covered in books.

[Kafka's Crow]

My wife's brother gave her a tiny 14" Sanyo as a wedding present. We never watched it. After 12 years we changed it with a 32" flat screen LCD topnotch item still we don't watch it! It stays upstairs in our bedroom. My kids have read more books by the time they reached 12 than I read in my entire life in spite of my three stints at three different universities ending up with two MAs. I think television addiction is the single worst enemy of reading. Even on computers we read more than we 'watch'. Replacement of television addiction with internet addiction is a positive thing.

[1n50mn14]

I don't have one.
If there's something I want to watch, I find it online, or rent it. =)
Much more productive, that way, instead of sitting down saying, 'OH, just for half an hour...'

[IJustMadeThatUp]

I don't have one.
If there's something I want to watch, I find it online, or rent it. =)
Much more productive, that way, instead of sitting down saying, 'OH, just for half an hour...'

I know the danger of that! I used to watch a lot of TV, but now I'd barely watch an hour a week. Really, the only time I watch is at my friend's house and it's a social thing, not mindless zombie-like watching that leaves me drooling. The only problems, are: I have no idea what is going on in the world, and I can't follow conversations about TV shows, because I have no idea who or what they are talking about.

[AimusSage]

I have a TV and use it to watch a particular dutch news commentary shows during dinner, apart from that I use it to watch football like the champions league and international matches. That's about it, on occasion there is something special of interest, but mostly it is turned off for all the random crap that it shows. I don't care about challenges and neighbour fights and stupid game shows that dominate TV these days.

[SleepyWitch]

The only problems, are: I have no idea what is going on in the world, and I can't follow conversations about TV shows, because I have no idea who or what they are talking about.
Heheh, I'm the same, although I wouldn't consider the latter a problem.
I'd really like to watch the news, but they are on at very inconvenient times here.

[magzarelli]

Of course i have a tv!