Comments on: will it save us money or cost us more?

By: mOOm

mOOm — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 01:16:00 +0000

No TV. Occasionally I watch movies on my laptop. Well actually the laptop isn’t mine but my employer’s :)

By: mapgirl

mapgirl — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 04:16:00 +0000

Waiting is better, but I bet you could scrounge a TV from a friend who is replacing theirs with a flat panel. Also summertime moves will make TV’s from Craigslist more available.

I don’t really miss TV. Since I live alone, a 19″ flat panel monitor lets me watch movies at home which is very nice. I don’t think you’ll miss it much either. I’m sure you’ll spend more time on other things.

By: Mom2fur

Mom2fur — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 17:42:00 +0000

One idea would be to just have the TV, but no cable connection. You could play your movies through it but there’d be no monthly expense (outside of renting the films–but I guess you could get those from the library.)
Me…I love TV. I love cooking and science shows and cop shows. Except for “Top Chef,” I hate reality TV. My favorite show is “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” because I have a thing for Vincent D’Onofrio.
And as far as any type of TV–flat panel or otherwise–the longer you wait, the lower the price will come down!

By: Donna Jean

Donna Jean — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 01:09:00 +0000

This is exactly why I like limiting the decision to the purchase of a flat panel tv. I know that is not something we want to spend money on right now. Also, the tv would be just for watching movies occasionally (well somewhat frequently with netflix). To actually watch “tv”, we’d need cable because I’ve gotten too addicted to the connivence of tivo and refuse to watch television any other way. However, I don’t feel that is a worth while monthly expense for our family. And yes, there is always far more interesting things to do than watch tv, pretty much why it was “off-limits” for my daughter until she turned 10. Now, she gets to watch 30 minutes or so a day before heading off to school, seemed like a reasonable compromise for something she really wanted.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 00:53:00 +0000

I might just suggest that you leave the decision until fall. Summer is a great time to do other things than watch TV.

9 years ago, when we moved into this house, that is just what we did. We still don’t have a TV. Sometimes I lament that occasional thing we’d like to watch, thinking our friends might invite us over, but they never do. Turns out at least one friend thinks it rude to invite people over and then watch TV. So we play games instead. SO much fun! And very inexpensive!