Does anyone else on here live without a TV?

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I don't have a TV in the house and don't miss it one bit. When my mother was still alive, we had a TV, but she did not watch it all that much and neither did I. While I would have liked to seen the CNN show about Amanda Baggs, and other various science- and autism-related shows, it's not worth the cost of having cable just for that. Besides, I have too many other interests to want to bother watching TV.

i dont really watch tv, but if i do its usually the weather channel, or one of the many sports channels that they have on. i'd rather be outside. plus tv nowdays is sensory overload. too much going on

I have one, but I don't watch many of the idiotic programs of today. I generally watch The Discovery Health Channel, ESPN (running and skating), Animal Planet, and movies.

I watch sports, Conan O'Brien, and the Colbert Report, but basically I just use the computer

I lived without one for thirty years. People who came to the house kept looking around, so I pointed out the bathroom. 60s, 70s, 80s it was the culture center, and the reaction to me not having one, or a radio, stereo, was extreme. They had to have background noise to function, Pavlov would have been proud. Some went so far as to bring a portable radio, cheap speakers, played way too loud, to show me what I was missing.

When I told them to shut it off, they claimed rights! An early version of the shoulder fired boombox.

I did see them here and there. was told I would miss the end of the world. I and Newton Minnow, A vast wasteland. Then I got one when quality programing appeared, could not watch the Simpsons without it, then Adult Swim, but everything is moving to computers.

A 27" flat screen, picture within picture, so I can work, and watch Inuyasu.

Only Lisa Simpson understands me.

I watch lots of DVDs, but I can go six months without turning the TV on for a 'live' show. They don't really seem to make the kinds of things I like watching any more. I can honestly say that there hasn't been a new show on for ten years that I'd be really upset if I missed.

I just tend to watch my favorites over and over; I never get bored with them.

I can definitely live without TV - I've gone through long periods (a few years at a stretch) without one or without cable. I definitely don't need it as a lot of my hobbies involve using the computer. A computer is the thing I probably couldn't live without - or it would be very difficult.

My girlfriend and I recently got a new TV and digital cable though and have been enjoying it. 90% of the channels and shows out there don't interest me but I enjoy stuff like History Channel, various Discovery channels, Animal Planet, Sci-fi Channel, Science Channel, Court TV, FearNet, and on-demand movies.

Anyway TV is good for taking a break from the computer once in a while.. but I generally spend more time doing stuff on the computer.

I use my TV to watch DVDs on. I can only get about 4 channels, and they aren't that interesting. I could pay a cable fee to get more, but I resent the price. So I just watch movies without commercial interruption, and its great!

Kill your television. its been three years since i've had one.
Find Jerry Mander's book "Four Arguments for The Elimination of Television". Good stuff.

The only thing I watch on TV are the news and football.

For many years my TV set was a 9 inches B&W and the monitor for my computer was 17 inches...

Now I have a great TV... does everything! can even brew coffee... with a great design that has only one button to turn it on/off. One problem, though, I haven't seen the remote in some months now... will it work if I whistle? I should try it one of these days...