Bedroom TV?

[neverlandsky]

Has anyone decided to ditch their bedroom TV or never had a bedroom TV?

 

[TippyThomas]

I've never had a tv in my life bedroom or otherwise. I grew up in a very unusual house once I was adopted.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

I have not, no. I enjoy it too much before bed. I save YouTube videos to my private playlist on the computer and then watch them at night. It relaxes me.

 

[jaiminee krikit]

I always had a TV in my bedroom growing up, but since I moved out, I've never had a TV in my bedroom. I prefer watching TV sitting on my couch.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Has anyone decided to ditch their bedroom TV or never had a bedroom TV?

I didn't have a bedroom TV until I was married (well into my 30s). Well, I sort of had one, in one of the apartments I lived in - where the bed had to be in the bedroom made it possible to see the TV in the living room.

 

[AuntieMe3]

We got rid of it years ago. I felt like it was on at night just because and made us stay up later than usual. When we go to bed now, we go to sleep. I guess I should say it's a problem for me...DH can fall asleep anywhere, anytime, through anything. LOL I find we have the same problem in hotels too...hubby puts the TV on and falls immediately asleep, I get distracted by the TV when I was ready to fall asleep before he turned it on.

 

[Southernmiss]

Nope. Love having a tv in the bedroom. Immediately bought a new one a couple of months ago when the tv went out.

Dh watches a lot of sports and programs I don't like. A second tv gives me a chance to watch something.

I like to watch tv before bed and when I'm getting dressed in the morning.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

We have one, but it is like almost never used. When I had covid, I decided to start watching Harry Potter movies, I watched the first one on it.

 

[Jennasis]

DH and I can't fall asleep without the tv on. At home we watch old episodes of The Simpsons to fall asleep. On vacation it's HGTV.

 

[RamblingMad]

Has anyone decided to ditch their bedroom TV or never had a bedroom TV?

I did.

One TV in the living room. If I have to absolutely watch something in the bedroom, I have my Amazon Fire or my cellphone.

 

[Grand Koalafornian]

Don't have one. I had a really old black & white one with a dial for a little while as a kid but I only ever used it for Saturday morning cartoons.

 

[luvnwdwgal]

We use to have one a few years ago but when our cable company made us have to pay for a box for each TV we decided we really didn’t need it anymore. I never watched it in the bedroom and my husband only occasionally watched it anyway.

 

[usnuzuloose]

I have one in my room, as that is where I am all day.

 

[Corien]

I used to have a tv in my bedroom when I was a kid, same for when I was in uni (because my bedroom and living area were the same). Now I have a seperate bedroom I decided not to put a tv in my bedroom and I think I will never get one again anymore. I don't watch a whole lot of tv anyway and I can never get comfortable in bed if I have to be half up to watch tv, so I will probably end up getting up to move to the sofa anyway to continue watching there.

 

[kdonnel]

We used to fall asleep with the TV on but at some point 10 or so years ago just stopped with the practice. We both decided a nice dark room was more conducive to sleep. We still have a TV in the bedroom, it is just rarely used.

 

[luv2cheer92]

Growing up I always slept with the TV on all night. I kept that practice all through college and even many years after. Within the last year or so I've started turning it off before I go to sleep (or at least trying to, every now and then I'm more tired than I think and fall asleep, but wake up shortly after and turn it off). But I wouldn't ever consider not having one in my bedroom.

 

[mousefan73]

I grew up in a one TV household, in the living room. didnt get my own TV until College.. Now we have in our home a TV in the living room, Kids hang out roon, offiice/gym, DDs room and our bedroom. Those are real TVs. son uses his huge computer monitor and I use Amazon Echo in the kitche to stream.

It seems we went from one TV to too many overnight. The TV in our bedroom never gets used.. Its just a place to put the old, but very good one when the kids got a huuuuge theatre style for their hang out room ( it was a super duper deal we couldnt turn down even thought they had a large one already).

in the end when it comes to viewing while in bed,, we all prefer to use our smart phones or ipads, go figure...

I do enjoy traveling in hotels and for some reason its still a treat having that TV at the foot of the bed ( the one in our bedroom is off the side in a seating area, not by the bed).

I do find it interesting on how many grew up differently, my college roomate freshman year grew up with her own TV and would set a timer and fall asleep with it on. Annoyed the heck out of me and we had to have that " rooomate talk" as it kept me awake at night. when I sleep I need dark and quiet.

 

[mousefan73]

Growing up I always slept with the TV on all night. I kept that practice all through college and even many years after. Within the last year or so I've started turning it off before I go to sleep (or at least trying to, every now and then I'm more tired than I think and fall asleep, but wake up shortly after and turn it off). But I wouldn't ever consider not having one in my bedroom.

Where you my college roomate lol. ?

 

[luv2cheer92]

Where you my college roomate lol. ?

Haha. I will say my freshmen year when I actually shared a room with someone I always fell asleep first and she would usually turn it off at some point. But my other 3 years I had my own room, so that wasn't an issue.

 

[slo]

We have one in our room, but barely use - I prefer reading before I sleep and DH just goes to sleep. I won’t remove it though because it is good to have in there if needed (like after my surgery a few years ago).