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Do you keep TV on for long periods?

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paddyann54 Sat 02-Sept-23 12:04:42

I stick it on in the morning and its on all day .I dont watch it all day but I have youtube on for music and am happy with the mix I've built up I particulary like the fact it introduces new bands/artists similar to ones I've previously listened to .People like The Black Pumas,Kaleo,Ghost Hounds and I have a section where all my favourite youngish singers Paolo Nutini,Jack Savoretti, and the Playing for Change videos are played in rotation.
We have a very expensive hifi system and its hardly used due to youtube,I wouldn't go back to changing cd's r vinyl during the day,its great at night if its something specific but for variety without effort its TV and youtube

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Witzend Sat 02-Sept-23 12:02:51

Ours is usually on only after about 7.30 pm. Now and then I’ll put it on in the afternoon, though - when I will often ‘enjoy’ non stop info about funeral plans, equity release, walk-in baths and showers, mobility scooters, etc.!

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Horatia Sat 02-Sept-23 11:59:44

Only to watch something specific.

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tanith Sat 02-Sept-23 11:58:18

Not on during the day apart from the early morning for the news while I drink my first cuppa in bed but it’s on most of the evening if theres anything decent on. I do turn it off if I have visitors.

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biglouis Sat 02-Sept-23 11:53:08

Just read an interesting thread in Mumsnet about attitudes to having TV on all day.

I tend to only put it on when Im watching something specific. Or if its already on I mute the sound until Im ready to watch again. I do have (loudish) music on most of the day and when Im working at the computer. It helps to blot out background noise which I find distracting. I can quite happily dis-attend the music because its under my control.

When we were kids and we first got a TV it was only put on in the evening. If a visitor arrived my mother immediately turned it off, or turned the sound down. Too bad if it was something I was watching. She believed it was very rude to have the TV on when visitors arrived (even if they were unexpected) as you were not paying due attention to them.

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