# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/41 "2017-04-20T14:22:23Z")
I have 3. Residence has a 50" flat screen in my family rm and then I have a little 20" old style TV out on the porch for when I feel like watching TV outside. My weekend “get-away” home has a 50" flat screen in the living/family room. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/42 "2017-04-20T14:35:35Z")
Well, we don’t watch TV much. But we use tv/monitors: Mistermage has a giant screen in the bedroom that he watches local tv on and has a laptop. I have a big screen tv used as a pc monitor and am planning on having him wire it up to the new antenna so I can watch local weather (I want to see live action when it comes to tornadoes). I have a Fire tablet that I watch shows on while doing the dishes. I used to use my 3ds for that. All 3 boys have 2 monitors apiece so they can game on one and watch shows or read on the other. Oldest son also has a big screen tv for console gaming. All 3 also have smart phones that they watch shows on occasionally. (We live out in the middle of nowhere so I prefer them glued to electronics vs , like some of their age cohorts, sniffing glue.) 2 of the 3 boys have 3ds. ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/43 "2017-04-20T15:18:59Z")
Technically 2. There’s a 10 y.o. 40" Visio in the den, bought on the cheap and still going strong. But it’s basically used as a computer monitor (I’m staring at it right now 😃 ) though we watch videos on it regularly and play games. Then there’s a small Samsung (24"?) smart TV I bought two years ago for our bedroom, but the WiFi was too spotty there, so I put it in the kids’ room. It’s used infrequently, maybe once or twice a month, because they haven’t figured out the remote yet (they are two and five). So if we want to doze off watching a movie, we either bunk with the kids or pull out the sofa. ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/44 "2017-04-20T15:25:55Z")
Four TVs at my house but we watch very little broadcast TV; mostly news and PBS. Family room is the primary watching space and has a 47" plasma. It has a surround sound system with 5 disc DVD, a Blu-ray player connected to our home network, and an Amazon Fire stick. Master bedroom has a 19" with a Roku. Finished basement area has a 36" with WiFi capable Blu-ray player and DVD/VCR combo. That one gets used the least, mostly when someone is on the treadmill. Finally, we have a 5" portable LCD in the kitchen dining area that’s mostly used by the kid to watch PBS in the morning. No cable but all 4 sets get OTA stations. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/45 "2017-04-20T15:42:59Z")
Three flat screen TVs: 47" in living room 32" in the bedroom - mounted on the wall between 2 closets 19" in basement in husband’s workshop I used to have a 13" CRT set in my pottery studio, but I can’t work and watch, and I decided to get rid of it. When my husband was recovering from his 3 back surgeries last year, he slept in the guest room and talked about getting a TV for in there, but now that’s he’s back in our room, there’s no more talk of another TV. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/46 "2017-04-20T15:55:03Z")
Just the one in the living room. I think it’s 45." ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/47 "2017-04-20T15:59:55Z")
Oh, I forgot to add: I don’t watch any TV. Absolutely none. And I only listen to the radio if there is an Amber Alert or an evacuation announcement. I had a phone 20 years ago, but gave that up, too. No need. ---
**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, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/48 "2017-04-20T16:10:35Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Oh, I forgot to add: I don’t watch any TV. Absolutely none. And I only listen to the radio if there is an Amber Alert or an evacuation announcement. I had a phone 20 years ago, but gave that up, too. No need. Do you have a phone or just use a telegraph? ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/49 "2017-04-20T16:31:00Z")
We have one, a 63" flat screen in a room we coincidentally call The TV Room. When we watch TV it’s to watch a specific thing, we watch it and the turn it off. I hate having a TV on all the time and I hate houses where all the furniture in every communal room is pointed at a TV. ---
**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, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/50 "2017-04-20T17:54:19Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Do you have a phone or just use a telegraph? Home-bred carrier pigeons, I assume. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/51 "2017-04-20T18:34:30Z")
I have one I use pretty much every day. Two others I hardly use but could anytime I wanted and at least two more collecting dust somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/52 "2017-04-20T18:55:53Z")
Three, but only one in use: - 40" LCD in the living room - 20" CRT in the bedroom, about 25 years old - 5" black and white CRT mounted under a kitchen cabinet, came with the apartment I’d need a cable box or digital tuner to use the smaller TVs. Most of my media viewing is done either on my computer (27" 5K screen) or my aging tablet. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/53 "2017-04-20T19:06:10Z")
Two. 9 year old 32" LCD and 18 year old 13" CRT, plugged to a cable box. ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/54 "2017-04-20T19:53:09Z")
2+… One main one in the family room, one in the guest room, and a projector and screen that we use to watch TV on the back patio. My wife doesn’t like them in our bedroom. Growing up was 2 or 3: one main, and one in each of the kids rooms. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/55 "2017-04-20T21:03:38Z")
1. A CRT for the living room, a widescreen for the bedroom. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/56 "2017-04-20T21:14:59Z")
One. A 42" TV in the living room that serves all 4 of us. I also have a LCD projector that I, through a complicated series of converters and connections, can cause to project TV signals. I do that about twice a year. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/57 "2017-04-20T21:20:26Z")
One 27" CRT in my living room In my “office” I have a DTV converter with the output connected to an old Apple II monitor (well, it is actualy a Technics or something, but it was for an Apple IIc. This is 30+ years old and still works) I think I have a b+w tv in the basement I do also have a projector in the living room hooked up to my DVR / convereter box. It is reserved for DVDs\*, Netflix, or special occasion TV shows. Brian - also BluRays ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/58 "2017-04-20T21:26:49Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Home-bred carrier pigeons, I assume. Yep. And messages written on paper I make myself. It’s so easy, I can’t believe people actually buy pre-made paper!! ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/59 "2017-04-20T21:34:56Z")
Recently did an upgrade. So 2 in use and one just sitting around. At least it’s a flat panel. Took a while to rid the house of all the CRT TVs/monitors I built up over the years. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818/60 "2017-04-20T21:38:21Z")
2 televisions (46 and 55 inch). 8 computers (4 desktops, 3 laptops, 1 netbook). At any one time, there are generally 3 or 4 objects in the house streaming either HBO, Netflix, or YouTube. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-actual-tvs-do-you-have/784818.md?page=4)