# How many actual TVs do you have? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 20, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818 "2017-04-20T00:33:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/21 "2017-04-20T04:09:00Z")
Half a one? There’s one on the wall, but I forget which of us bought it. I have access to one. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/22 "2017-04-20T04:12:26Z")
One but mostly I am casting stuff from my PC when I watch anything. All I really watch on broadcast TV is sport, and less of that lately. I only bought my first flat screen a few months ago due to how little use I thought I would have for one but what with YouTube. Netflix and Videostream I get quite a bit of use out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/23 "2017-04-20T08:15:25Z")
Two. One that requires a converter box to handle current broadcast signals, so it’s a bit on the old side. Plays both DVD’s and VHS so I’ll probably hang onto it even if the converter dies. The other is a 70 inch 3D capable TV which my spouse bought back when we had money, which is the main TV. As for computers - the spouse never got rid of old ones, so we have a bunch dating back to the 1990’s or so, some of which work and some of which don’t. I’m having to sort through all that now. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/24 "2017-04-20T11:02:23Z")
Three. One in the living room and one in each bedroom. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/25 "2017-04-20T11:33:37Z")
Two. One I bought for $99 at Walmart five years ago, which started every once in a while to simply zap out (I suspect an insect shorted something out), and the replacement I bought for $99 at Walmart four months ago, which does not zap out. The first one is in a box in a closet. I can get about 12 channels with a paper clip for an antenna, and a VGA hookup for watching internet video on a screen bigger than my $139 laptop. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/26 "2017-04-20T11:43:14Z")
TLTE: My TV says it is 19 inch, but its only that big if I set the aspect ratio to laughably distorted fat people and cars with jellybean wheels. Effective size more like 16. Barnumian Economic Theory works only as long as there’s one born every minute. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/27 "2017-04-20T11:44:22Z")
We have one in the living room. I have an iPad and we have an old laptop. ---
**Author:** ![igor\_frankensteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/839c29/32.png) [@igor\_frankensteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/igor_frankensteen)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/28 "2017-04-20T11:48:21Z")
What is an “Actual TV?” I’ve known three basic kinds of multi-TV people: - those with families who used to argue constantly over what programs would be on; - those who’s job it is to monitor multiple shows (sports commentators); - those who are rich and get annoyed if they can’t watch TV continuously while moving from one room to another in their spacious mansions. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/29 "2017-04-20T12:23:02Z")
We have one, last turned on for the presidential debates. Other than presidential debates every four years, used by our house sitter when we vacation. Horrible waste of money for dish service. I mostly watch Netflix/Amazon streaming on my iPad. My gf watches stuff on her mini tablet or phone. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/30 "2017-04-20T12:31:22Z")
> [@igor\_frankensteen](#): > > - those who are rich and get annoyed if they can’t watch TV continuously while moving from one room to another in their spacious mansions. Heh, a buddy of mine fits in that category, sort of. He wants to have the absolute state of the art, best, biggest tv currently available in his living room. So periodically he upgrades, but the tv being replaced is still perfectly watchable. Because he cannot get what he feels it is worth on the resale market, he moves the “old” tv to his family room. A year or two later, that one goes to a bedroom and the newly replaced one goes in the family room. A couple years ago he offered me a tv. It looked like something that should be hanging over center ice. I turned down the offer. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/31 "2017-04-20T12:39:54Z")
Seven, of which three are used. 46" flat screen, 27" CRT, and 19" TV/VCR combo are currently in used. Two consoles, one 27" CRT and one 17" CRT are waiting recycling. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/32 "2017-04-20T12:49:20Z")
We started out with one, but got a second in the mid-60s (my father sold them, so he got it wholesale). Currently we have two. Our main big screen and an older 19" model in the basement I use when my wife and I want to see different shows. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/33 "2017-04-20T13:11:45Z")
We have five: master bedroom, gym, “tv room,” guest room, and kid’s room. The new one in the TV room is 80 inches, and amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/34 "2017-04-20T13:38:19Z")
Three. The main 60" in the living room. A 50" in the basement used almost exclusively, although infrequently, for video games… And a 40" in the bedroom. When I was a kid we only ever had one TV. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/35 "2017-04-20T13:38:47Z")
Two real TVs. No CRTs left, but plenty of flat panel monitors to use also. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/36 "2017-04-20T13:41:43Z")
There are three in the house. One I never see, in someone else’s bedroom. One in the family room which gets used about once a week at most, and one in my room which has never been plugged in. Everything I want to see I watch on my laptop computer, or if I’m stuck waiting somewhere, I’ll watch HBO on my phone. Until I was 7 we only had one black and white set. After that the B&W went into my parents room and the color TV went in the basement. 5 channels!!! I’ve come a long way, baby. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/37 "2017-04-20T13:55:15Z")
I have one. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/38 "2017-04-20T14:09:10Z")
1. ---
**Author:** ![Corry\_El](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@Corry\_El](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corry_El)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/39 "2017-04-20T14:09:42Z")
Two, but only one is ever used. The 46" in the family/dog room is hooked up to cable and used when my wife and I want to watch the same thing or when grown kids or others come over, sometimes also hooked up to a laptop. One of our kids ‘temporarily’ left a 32" which has now been around a few years in our bedroom but we never use it. If my wife and I don’t want to watch the same thing we watch individually on laptop/ipad. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/40 "2017-04-20T14:16:40Z")
1. The family room has the 65", the study gets the 48" and the garage is where the 27" flat screen resides. Plus the desktop, the laptop and the tablet. There are Dodger games to be watched! Even if I’m working in the garage. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818.md?page=3)