Do you have a TV in your living room?

12 years ago

I have TVs in the family room, den and bedrooms....but I refuse to put one in the living room. I feel that room is for socializing.

Anyone else do the same?

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chubby_rat
12 years ago
I have 2 in the LR (mine and his) We don't have a family room. 1 in the bedroom and 1 outside.
linda_in_iowa
12 years ago
My only TV is in the living room.
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lydia1959
12 years ago
We don't have a den or family room.. so we do have a TV in the living room. The only other TV upstairs is the one in the master bedroom. When we added on the all season sunroom everyone said I should put a TV in there.. but I didn't. It's a place to 'get away' from the TV.
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12 years ago
Yep, a 62" HDTV. Most of our entertaining is outside when we host several block parties a year. The only time we socialize inside is New Year's Eve when we host a progressive dinner party and the dessert and champagne is at our place. Everyone is gathered around the TV to watch the ball drop in Time's Square.

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gazania_gw
12 years ago
Yes, one of our two 23 inch tv's is in the living room which is just inside the front door and next to the kitchen. The other is in a guest bedroom. But in a very large room in the back of the house that some would consider a "family" room, there is no tv. It is the room where we play games, read, relax, listen to cd's or the Bose radio or socialize with guests.
monica_pa Grieves
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12 years ago
Lydia, I agree with you on the Sunroom. When we put the hot tub in there, DH suggested a TV - I said no, just a radio. It's my room to read and relax.
alisande
12 years ago
I put a TV in the living room for the first time this year. I was reluctant to do it at first, not because of socializing but because I was afraid something so sleek and modern would be glaringly at odds with my rustic old farmhouse. Also, I've never been a big TV watcher. But when I received a year's worth of Netflix as a gift, I figured it was time. I purposely bought a modest-sized model (32"), and my son-in-law mounted it on the wall for me (but not over the fireplace). I love it!

As for socializing, I think it's important to keep in mind that just because you have a TV doesn't mean you have to turn it on. :-)
lynn_d
12 years ago
We don't have a tv in the living room but we also don't use that room...I'm considering moving my office to that room. We have a 65" 3D HDTV in the family room. We have televisions in most rooms.
patti43
12 years ago
I'm with you, Monica. No TV in the living room. Our dining area is at the end of the living room so that whole room is for conversation. We have a TV in the Florida room and both bedrooms. That's plenty for our little villa.
marry
12 years ago
The big tv is in the living room.We don't
have a den or a family room and we don't
entertain at all. We also have tv's in the
master bedroom and one in the enclosed
porch. My husband goes to bed much earlier
than I do so most of my night time tv
viewing is done out on the porch.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
12 years ago
We have a formal living room which is never used no tv in there, the den or family room is where we live and yes we have our 58" plasma in there and absolutely love it and it is on pretty much from the time we get up till we go to bed, sound may not be up but I like to leave it on with the sound if we leave so the dog hears people and also if some one peeks in to break in they will see the tv on and think some one is in there.

I also have a large tv in my office and a small one in our master bedroom. I rarely use those.

We have a huge sun room and most of the time if someone drops by we entertain in there.
vala55
12 years ago
I forgot to answer the question. Yes I have a 42 inch LCD in my living room. The first night I had it I lost sleep thinking it was to big. Got up the next AM turned it on...naw, it's not to big at all. LOL
pattico_gw
12 years ago
I have one in the living room....no fancy living room for me.
vala55
12 years ago
Sorry about my post, I thought this was the "other" TV thread. I need to wake up here.
Jasdip
12 years ago
Yep, we only have one tv and it's not even a wide-screen plasma!
It's a 32 flat screen but bulky style in the wall unit.

I don't ever want a tv in the bedroom.
joann23456
12 years ago
Yes. We don't have a separate family room. I'm with Susan - just don't turn it on if you don't want to watch. We usually hang out in the dining room or play board games when we entertain.
Fun2BHere
12 years ago
Our only televisions are housed in cabinets in the bedrooms.
nikki_nj
12 years ago
yep but only because it's being used as the kids 'living' room
LuAnn_in_PA
12 years ago
No TV in our living room.
hounds_x_two
12 years ago
No TV in my living room.
Lily316
12 years ago
No TV in the living room but we rarely use it. 65 " flat screen in the keeping room, a built in in the kitchen ,another flat screen in the sunroom. None in the bedrooms. The sunroom is the man cave. I never see him. He watches football, and I watch DWTS and other girlie shows.
kayjones
12 years ago
I have 4 bedrooms, a living room and a sun room - all with big t.v.s! I don't have one in the kitchen only because I can watch the living room t.v. from the kitchen.

Although I don't watch a lot of t.v., I have Grandsons and a Son who play video games, so we also have a game system hooked up to each t.v. - I can't operate any of the 'gaming' features! LOL
oldgardener_2009
12 years ago
No, our TV is in the bedroom. DH likes to fall asleep watching TV, so that's where it ended up.

I only watch TV for an hour or so a night, in bed, so it works out fine for me too.
mary_c_gw
12 years ago
Yes, we do. We don't have a den or a family room, so the living room is it.

I also have one in my kitchen and one out in my quilting studio. I enjoy TV.
cardamom
12 years ago
Have a tv in the living room and den/computer room. I don't want tv's in bedrooms.

When we entertain, we don't want the tv on.
goldy
12 years ago
I live in a senior apartment and I have a tv in the living room kitchen bedroom and bathroom.Also I have phones in each of these rooms.I'm living like a king and enjoying every moment of it.Can't take it with you and I want everything at my reach so I won't break my neck or eyesight doing so.
lindie_mi
12 years ago
Yup, ours is in the living room. We don't have a family room or den, nor have we ever desired to watch tv in bed. I can understand your point about socializing, but we just don't turn it on when there are visitors.
pekemom
12 years ago
No, it's in the family room.
We have one in the bedroom too but it doesn't work.
Marilyn Sue McClintock
12 years ago
No television in my living room. One in the family room and one in each of our bedrooms. There was a time when not having a family room we did have one in the living room but no more. I think if you have company come, you should visit, not sit around and watch television. I only have my television on about one hour during the day time and do most of my watching in the evening in my room.

Sue
susan_on
12 years ago
We have one in the family room, the sewing room and each bedroom. DH really wanted one in the living room, but I wouldn't give in on that. Every once in a while though, I watch TV in the living room on my iPad. But then I can put it away afterwards.
kacram
12 years ago
Not in the living room. In our family room. And much to my chagrin, one in the bedroom. DH just HAD to have it there and needless to say, he turns it on for 10 minutes before he is ready to sleep! lol

When my son was young, he tried to weasel a tv for his room and there was NO WAY we were EVER going to put one in his room NO WAY! lol

Wow! 58", 65", 68" you guys must have HUGE rooms to have a tv that large! I can't imagine! lol I have some friends that mounted their flat screen above the fireplace and it is VERY uncomfortable to watch. You have to hold your head at quite an angle to see it. ouch!
wildchild
12 years ago
No. I hate visiting someone with the TV on and it seems a lot of people never turn theirs off even when guests are over.

We have a tv in the family room and one in the master bedroom. They are always off unless one of us is actively watching something.
nancylee_ky
12 years ago
My tv is in the great room - I don't have a formal living room. I can see the tv from my kitchen. No tv in the bedroom - listen to the radio in there at bedtime.
mojomom
12 years ago
Not in the living room (that room in the front of the house that we never use) but one in the den (this is the one we tend to watch together and our kitchen overlooks the den, so its good to watch while cooking), one in the great room (used primarily by DH) and one in mbr.
OklaMoni
12 years ago
I only own one TV. Currently it is in the living room. I will never have one in the bed room.

My bedroom is for sleeping. :)

Moni

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