Reasons for having/not having a TV?

Just happened on this old thread and it brought back memories of car journeys years ago when our 2 ch'n were young teenagers.
It was in the days of cassettes and on long journeys we took it in turns to choose what was played, one 20 min side of a cassette at a time.
H would choose rousing choral works eg Hallelujah Chorus, D would choose something unusual like Marc Almond or The Cure and S always chose something raging and, to me, discordant, like Nirvana. All three insisted that playing them quietly ruined the effect!
My choice? 20 mins with absolutely no music. They thought, and still think, that this was a major cop-out. I thought, and still think, it was bliss!

I like having a TV, but only watch what I`m really interested in, which has applied for years with all our family, I can`t abide the thought of having it on all day as background noise. But since my husband retired last year, and doesn`t have to get up early anymore, he`s suddenly become addicted to late night TV, and often sits up until 3 or 4 in the morning, just channel hopping, I don`t think he ever sees a programme or film in it`s entirety! It`s particularly annoying for our daughter, who is disabled and sleeps downstairs in what used to be the "front room", as she can hear it and can`t get to sleep.

numberplease take the batterie's out of the remote ?

Glammamama, it wouldn`t work, he has a supply in his cupboard in the same room!

My parents had tv in 1951 and it was all lights out and shush. I brought 3 children up without one (they were at the Steiner school and so most teachers and children didn't have one either) they did visit friend with tv's but mostly we had such busy lives and they invented their own games and developed their individuality. I did get a portable when I retired as I no longer had much money to be going out. Socialising, quizzes etc. if you haven't got tv you can't join in most of the conversations or answer the questions. I seek out people like myself but they are few and far between. As I get less mobile it will be watched more.

There used to be characters, now there are so many copies of celebraties.

We do have TV - a large one - mainly because my OH loves it. And we also have a home cinema!

There are some splendid programmes which I thoroughly enjoy. Summer with all the proms concerts is magic for me - a live concert in my living room, with brilliant camera work that focuses in on the relevant instruments - it is in some ways better than seeing/hearing a concert live. I just love it!
And there are some good programmes on Sky Arts - concerts, documentaries on artists, poets, composers - also BBC 4 is good for this.

All have been godsend to OH whose health is not great and he loves it all, so I would not be without it.

Home cinema is wonderful for sharing an evening with neighbours and friends watching a good film.

We cannot get iplayer because we live in the middle of nowhere and the download speed is too slow.

Of course there is garbage on TV, but it is just a question of being selective and enjoying the splendid programmes that are there and ignoring the dross.

I knit and crochet while I watch and find it very restful and uplifting.

We also have an ipod that is stacked with all the music we posses, and we put it on shuffle - we have a selection of anything from classical to folk, from blues to Beatles and they all appear in random sequence - it is a joy!

Good for you mishap if you enjoy it go for it,we have a TV in the lounge fitted on the wall as apartment is not that big we do not have it on during the day but are selective as to what we watch of an evening,I can also watch programmes from my PC through my TV if they are not on any of the channels that we can get.We also have a small TV in the bedroom which was bought as a present when I was confined to bed when I was not to well but it is never on,but can't get rid of it as it was bought by DS1 and his partner for me .

I too cannot bear too much noise in the house; I occasionally catch up on Radio 4 (to which I was addicted when I commuted) but don't like anything on all the time.
We didn't have a TV when the children were young either, but I have to say that, at 6.00 in the morning with two small boys under three, I would have truly welcomed CBeebies!
Only noise here at the moment is DH snuffling and coughing - touch of man-flu going on!