Life without TV?

Cameron_1969
Cameron_1969 Posts: 2,855 Member
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My TV is shot. Should I get a new one? I'm thinkin' no. .
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  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    day dreaming is more fun anyway
  • TonyCrux89
    TonyCrux89 Posts: 23
    NO! READ. Ahhh.
  • AsaThorsWoman
    AsaThorsWoman Posts: 2,303 Member
    I haven't owned one in years.
  • keem88
    keem88 Posts: 1,689 Member
    i'd say no
  • tayloryay
    tayloryay Posts: 378 Member
    If there aren't any shows you're actively invested in, and you just mindlessly watch it, then I say go without. You probably won't miss it.
  • U_R_my_Sunshine
    U_R_my_Sunshine Posts: 83 Member
    I vote no. It's mostly crap anyways.
  • Gameofthrone
    Gameofthrone Posts: 1,522 Member
    I vote no, anything that you enjoy watching is available online now-a-days. Besides the shows I enjoy (ellen, survivor, big brother, etc) if I watch it on the actual tv I end up watching other shows that I wouldn't otherwise.
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    Spare yourself. They're heeeeeere.

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  • Rocbola
    Rocbola Posts: 1,998 Member
    I haven't watched TV in years, and my life is better for it. TV makes people stupid.
  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
    I don't watch tv 99% of the time. Much better life for me...
  • Gameofthrone
    Gameofthrone Posts: 1,522 Member
    ^ not necessarily true, there's a lot of informative shows on discovery or history (before they got crazy w/ the alien theories)

    (in response to tv makes ppl stupid)
  • Cameron_1969
    Cameron_1969 Posts: 2,855 Member
    When I moved out of my last place I never hooked cable up. . After a month or so I realized I didn't need it. .However I do have netflix and vudu and blu-ray. . so without a tv I lose all that. I don't watch netflix much but my kid does(all the more reason to get rid of it, I'm thinkin'). . BUT. . and here's the kicker. . My kid and I like to watch nature shows on neflix together. .

    (sigh). . I think I'm gonna have to get another one. . But I'll give it a month or so . . just to see how things are.
  • NatiaGonitellie
    NatiaGonitellie Posts: 355 Member
    If your using a highs peed connect to the internet, Just watch any TV programming on your comp. Your comp should also be able to play any disks you have.
  • Galatea_Stone
    Galatea_Stone Posts: 2,037 Member
    When I moved out of my last place I never hooked cable up. . After a month or so I realized I didn't need it. .However I do have netflix and vudu and blu-ray. . so without a tv I lose all that. I don't watch netflix much but my kid does(all the more reason to get rid of it, I'm thinkin'). . BUT. . and here's the kicker. . My kid and I like to watch nature shows on neflix together. .

    (sigh). . I think I'm gonna have to get another one. . But I'll give it a month or so . . just to see how things are.

    You can watch Netflix on your computer. That's what I do. We have a TV now, but I still watch Netflix on my computer. The TV is off most of the time because the kids are outside playing.
  • cowbellsandcoffee
    cowbellsandcoffee Posts: 2,975 Member
    Nope...Nada...No Way.
  • Blacklance36
    Blacklance36 Posts: 755 Member
    I need one for sports and movies.
  • darkrose20
    darkrose20 Posts: 1,139 Member
    Nah...just pirate all your shows off the internet and cut down on bills by having no cable bill.
  • missbp
    missbp Posts: 601 Member
    i rarely watch the one that I have, so I am going to say . . . Nope. Don't bother.
  • AnnaPixie
    AnnaPixie Posts: 7,439 Member
    I think I'd miss mine even if I dont watch it that much. I'd miss having the choice.........
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  • OliveRiver
    OliveRiver Posts: 81 Member
    We have a TV, but it's only used to watch movies on the laptop, which happens about once a month.

    Books are more fun.
  • ShellyBell999
    ShellyBell999 Posts: 1,482 Member
    Haven't had television for over a year.

    One of the best investments I didn't make!
  • headofphat
    headofphat Posts: 1,597 Member
    One word: Football.
  • Go_Mizzou99
    Go_Mizzou99 Posts: 2,628 Member
    I need one for sports and movies.
    ^^^this^^^
  • mank32
    mank32 Posts: 1,323 Member
    i haven't watched TV (regularly) in a couple of years and don't now own one. i have books that i want to read, instruments to practice, art projects to do, and, oh yeah, daily exercise. i honestly don't have time for TV.

    i have a hard time interfacing with my friends who want to go watch movies all damn the time. turn off my brain (and sit still) for 2 hours? yeah, maybe twice a month. i need my brain on: i'm using it.
  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
    I definitely understand that too much television can be a bad thing. For example, I have to work at keeping my reality tv show addiction in check. However, I find it a bit obnoxious when people act superior and boast about not having owned a tv for the past 10 years. I mean, come on, it is freaking 2014. There is nothing wrong with loving television. This is not directed at the OP or anyone in this thread but more at certain people whom I know irl. I do agree that relying on the internet for the programs that you do enjoy is certainly a smart thing to do if you want to save money.
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  • _crafty_
    _crafty_ Posts: 1,682 Member
    My TVs are all on Nick or Disney (8 year old daughter) and the only time it varies from that is when my BF is in town.

    My daughter and I do watch movies together on DVDs or Netflix but I don't watch any television unless I'm with my BF and he's watching TV.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    I think not. Of course, I don't know you so I can't really say! :-)

    When I got a divorce, I was fine with letting my ex keep the gigantic flat screen. I moved into a furnished apartment with a smallish TV and free cable and I turned it on ONCE in several months. Then I moved to a new place with my mom's hand me down big old TV for about a year, but I used it only for watching DVDs. Now my husband and I have the nice big flat screen TV from his late parents and we use it for DVDs and he'll occasionally play a video game. That is seriously it. We don't have cable, satellite, netflix, or anything like that...and we don't even get local channels. We do not miss it at all!

    I'd say our TV is turned on 1-2 times per week, and sometimes not at all for up to a month. Even with the DVDs, we could just as easily watch those on our laptops...having the larger screen is nice...just not a necessity.

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