TV watching

Oh we usually give our TVs a good rest. We switch them on when we need them and let them sleep when we sleep. And we do sleep. I hate those people who leave their TVs on while sleeping - for no valid reason.

My husband turns the TV on to watch news before work and he is the one that turns it on in the evening to watch before bed. I don't watch that much TV, either. If I am the only one home it doesn't normally come on only to watch a few minutes of news. My kids don't care for TV much, either. My youngest has one in his bedroom that is rarely on unless he is playing a video game. I could easily live without it.

It depends who is in! I am very busy (not boasting) and I tend to plan my viewing, always stopping for an hour to watch my "soaps" at which time I also make our evening meal, and noting any programme I truly wish to see and watching that. My partner tends to have the TV on for much longer and my Father in Law, when he is home is much the same as your Mother in Law. If I am home alone on a weekend the TV is only on for one hour. If the in law is here the longest it will be off for is if we have a power cut - and ooooooooooh the pain!

I left my TV on for 72 hours once. I was going away and in my apartment guide they recommend you turn on your TV when you leave, so people will think someone is home, and might not try to break in or anything. I know people might get on to me for "wasting" energy, but if it makes them feel better I turn my air conditioner off when I'm gone. Besides, I'd rather waste energy than have my place burglarized.

yes tv really is an addiction for me too..i see a lots of comedy sitcoms and watch discovery travel and living all day....i turn it off only while i am sleeping or out of the house..but when my exams come i disconnect the cable from the tv...and usually the exams go on for a couple of weeks and its so hard for me to be off it but i have to...but i get hooked on it as soon as they are over...i guess my life would be over if there was no tv...take care...bye

The longest my tv has been off was about two weeks. It was when we went on vacation when I was a kid. I rarely watching tv at home coz the prorams are bored and many programs repeated twice or more. Sometimes I watch tv at night for about an hour. But I prefer listening music in my room. I never leave the tv on when noone's watching coz it's a wasting energy :)

hi tammy, well, i think we have some sensible timing and sensible hours of TV watching. lol.. my mom watches it a hour in the afternoon after she is through her chores. with no one around she sits with the crossword and switches on the TV. i don't think, she sees it much. its more of a presence of something else that matters for her. in the evening i take charge with no one allowed to touch the remote. the moment i enter after my work i have to have it on, no matter what. and it goes on and on for 3 hours or so till i get to sleep. i wish i could be like you, restrained and without TV!! it really requires some strength to refrain for the lures of TV these days. but then, you must be having your own passtime!!

Oh my – sometimes our TV sits there unused for 3 or 4 days at a time – sometimes longer. We really don’t watch it much at all. Thje only reason we have it is for the football to which my partner is addicted (LOL!), but out of season, or when their isn’t a match on TV, we never bother to switch it on. We prefer to read, listen to music, or maybe even talk instead – LOL!. I actually hate TV just being on in the background with no one watching it – drives me completely nuts! Most of the stuff here in the UK is inane rubbish anyway – reality shows and celebrity stuff – don’t really want to be involved with it at all.

Well I do not much watch much T.V as I do not get the time due to my job but on weekends I do watch a little T.V but over all I'd say I'm not an addict and the same goes for my family, they just watch programs of their interest.

The TV sleeps when the family is sleeping. It works when the family starts working. Everyday, my mum will switch on the TV at about 11 am, and it will continue to work until the time I sleep, which is about 2 hours past midnight. In between, the TV might get a short nap when my mum goes out of the house.

when the Cable introduced in India, I used to watch 8 hours continously subsequently the interest to watch TV slowly went down. Now a days I watch whenever good programs are there otherwise TV used to be off. My wife never used to watch TV earlier but after her volutary retirement, she has no work, she watch TV for 12 hours daily.

I watched tv almost 7 hours. When i wake up in the morning I turn in on up to midnight. I got internet connection at home I usually play online game and reading some articles in the internet I less watching tv.

Watching tv is not so interested for me but sitting and watching tv is really boring to me

I'm not sure. Maybe 3 or 4 days. That's when the whole family went out for short trip.

lol the tv has an off button? we never turn our tv off unless it goes out when the electric goes off..lol even when we arent home it stays on cause it keeps the dog company and gives him light if we arent home before dark ..and i am usually up till 4-5am so even if i am just listening for background noise i need it on

given the choice, my son would watch t.v all day lol. but me personally i couldn't give a toffee for it! when my son spent a week at my mothers, i didn't turn it on once! i would much rather play music while i do things, t.v is boring, most programs are repeats, and those that aren't still don't interest me lol.

It has never been off as long as Im at home the tv will always be on and there to entertain me whole day specially if Im at home with no work. I have realized that its not so good so I try to listen to music instead of watching too much tv.

The longest my tv has been off for was about a week thats becuase we went on vacation and I cant leave my tv on when we go on vacation so every time we leave I normally shut off my tv so I dont waste a lot of electricity and I dont want to blow out my tv.

I went for over 4 years without having cable, and over 2 years of that I didn't have any TV stations at all. I would turn on the TV to watch DVDs or VHS, but that was all. So my TV stayed off most of the time.

2-3 days which is the longest time we are not at home.