Would you chuck out your Television/s?

I had 3 computers until recently, one Linux workstation that doubled as a server, one laptop and this machine I'm on now.

At one point I had all these plus 4 broken computers that I was using for spares.

Just got 2 now as I reformatted the Linux machine as Windows and gave it to my sister.

Not bad for a one bedroom flat

 

i dont watch any tv
all i use it for is dvd's and playin my xbox. (although i do watch alot of dvd's )
could easily live without my pc. just spend time doing other things

 

Hell yeah! Hippy geek 'n' proud

 

Ah there's no way I could willingly give up my tv. I agree with most of the points raised toward the start, those being it's a conversation killer, too distracting and far from the best thing a kid should spend too long in front of.

Most of the time when friends come over the tele does go off, in exchange for music. Just thinking there, I don't think I've ever sat in total silence with friends and seen how the conversation goes. Don't know what that tells ya, but seems to me backround music, or very much frontroom music is conversation gold! At least in some groups.

But yeah, when you're just on your own, not in the mood for reading or any of that music, but want to be educated or amused, or whatever. TV's great to stick on.

I quite dig some of the BBC Learning Zone Wey, science ones anyway. There'll always be some planets at some point science night. And cartoons man, no TV means like no Simpsons, no South Park, no Futurama...Oh and no Neighbours

 

I think to an extent this is true but having worked in bookshops over the past few years I've been pleasantly surprised at how many kids still love books, and I'm talking all ages too. The really nice thing is that there are so many 'bargain' bookshops popping up that kids books don't have to be expensive. As always it comes down to balance - as long as kids have a variety of entertainment, hopefully they won't stagnate!

Absolutely! He made me rebuild my computer! I did feel strangely dirty when I actually enjoyed it mind............ :X

 

First of all, great thread! I think watching tv is very counter productive. Ideally one would like to get kids or adults for the matter involved in other activities. If there were no tvs in households there'd be less crappy microwave foods and more proper meals and one would have time to cook and expirement with different dishes. I think people would take more to a bit of DIY and the obvious already mentioned reading. So much more constructive stuff could be done, but it'd take a bit of effort to get used to not having one. The only time I watch tv during the week is for the soccer and the simpsons. I would however on a Saturday or Sunday with a sore head easily watch 5/6 hours tv. I'm a big fan of the discovery channels. I'd like not to have a tv but realistically I couldn't see it happening, although I wouldn't mind trying it.

 

I've just started at University and one thing I didn't take was a TV, and I'm not missing it. The only think I was missing was keeping up with what was going on in the world, but I have started buying the local paper daily which contains good world and uk news sections, aswell as local news and weather. It also has a TV guide so I can see what I'm not missing. I do have to admit, I do miss the documentary channels (history, discovery etc), but wouldn't get them anyway as we don't have cable or sky here, and I miss watching my own videos, although I can still watch DVDs on my laptop. Didn't exactly watch much TV at home though, so I'm really glad I didn't bring one as it would just have taken up space, and a big chunk of my student loan to buy one and to buy a TV licence for it.