More than one TV in the house?
@sprite1950 (30452)
Corsham, England
May 1, 2018 3:56am CST
When I was younger we only had one TV in the house so there were always arguments about which channel to watch. My favourite programme was one called "Lost in Space" which was shown on a Sunday afternoon but sometimes my dad would want to watch something on another channel and I would cry! (If only my problems were so small now!)
These days people tend to have more than one TV in the house. We have three, one downstairs and one in each of the bedrooms so there is never any dispute about what to watch.
How many television sets do you have in your house?
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
2 May 18
@marlina Do you have to pay a licence fee in Canada? We do over here but only one per household not one per set.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
2 May 18
@marlina We have to pay a yearly fee to be able to watch programmes on TV. Here's some info for you which explains it better than I can.
Did you know that you could be entitled to a reduced fee TV Licence? Learn more about the different types and costs here.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
2 May 18
@sprite1950 , I don't know what you mean by "licence fee"?
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@vandana7 (100282)
• India
2 May 18
@sprite1950 Aw...that is horrid. But I wish we had it. If we had it, some of the programs dad puts would be shut down. Evil Grin.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
2 May 18
I know people who don't have a TV at all. We have to pay a licence fee over here to own one.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
2 May 18
I like mine to help me fall asleep at bedtime.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
1 May 18
The bedroom TVs are watched the most as I don't watch daytime TV and tend to like watching at night when I am in bed. My granddaughter is the same.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
1 May 18
@silvermist Not often. I normally watch them on tv.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
1 May 18
@sprite1950 Do you watch any movie or video online?
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
2 May 18
I love watching TV in bed. I don't watch it anywhere else but my sister doesn't like to have a TV in the bedroom.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
2 May 18
@LadyDuck My mum was like that. She said bedrooms are for sleeping!
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@LadyDuck (471541)
• Switzerland
2 May 18
@sprite1950 My husband does not want a TV in the bedroom. I like to read in bed.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
2 May 18
Yes. I normally watch TV in bed as my granddaughter does. The downstairs TV is hardly ever used.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
1 May 18
When I was young, there was only one TV set in the house and it was in my parents' room. And they control what we watch and we could only watch on tv on non-school days. My parents were very strict about that. But now it's different. WE have tv in the living room and tv in each room.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
3 May 18
@sprite1950 I hardly watch tv anymore. What puts me to sleep is my iPad. I just watch youtube videos until I fall asleep.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
3 May 18
@toniganzon Usually the TV will send me to sleep but last night nothing worked. It's going to be a long day as I only got a couple of hours.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
2 May 18
Yes I like my bedroom tv the most as I enjoy watching tv just before I fall asleep. It turns itself off too so it has a power saving option,
@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
1 May 18
we grew up with one set. it was black and white and you got up to twist the knob to switch channels. it was always in the sala (living room). as years passed and models changed, the most we had was just two, the other being in our parent's bedroom.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
2 May 18
I remember our old black and white tv set! It looked a bit like the one in the picture only much heavier. When we got our first colour set I thought it was amazing!
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
2 May 18
@hereandthere They all seemed heavy thought compared to the sort we have today.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
2 May 18
@sprite1950 same here. the colored was bigger than the black and white.
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
1 Jun 18
@sprite1950
I only have one actual TV but can watch TV on my computer too.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
2 Jun 18
I did that while I was away on holiday to catch up with my favourite programmes.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
3 Jun 18
@Hannihar It was lovely thanks but I'm glad to be home 
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
3 Jun 18
@sprite1950
Did you enjoy it. How was your holiday?
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
4 May 18
That's what I like about having several tv sets, there are no arguments about which channel to watch.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
5 May 18
@nela13 My granddaughter would rather be out playing or on her ipad. I like to watch tv at night when I am in bed. It helps me fall asleep.
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@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
4 May 18
@sprite1950 i think there are no issues because I am not a big fan of TV, because sometimes my kids and my husband are watching each one a tv.
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@Shivram59 (35500)
• India
1 May 18
@sprite1950 We have three television sets in our house.I mostly watch news channels.Others in my family are not interested in news.They watch movies and TV serials.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
2 May 18
I watch the news every day as I like to know what is going on in the world and I like movies too,
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
5 May 18
@Shivram59 I like old black and white movies. The acting is usually terrible but there's something about them. Maybe it's because they were around in my parents time and it makes me think of them as they are both gone now.
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@Shivram59 (35500)
• India
4 May 18
@sprite1950 I rarely watch movies.However I prefer to watch old Hindi movies if I have time.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
3 Jun 18
I know how much you guys love to watch football! I sometimes like to watch programmes on my laptop too.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
4 Jun 18
@mrki444 I wouldn't be without mine
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@mrki444 (15149)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
3 Jun 18
@sprite1950 Probably I will buy one.
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
1 May 18
I have one TV and my sister has her TV, so technically there are 2 in the house, but only 1 is mine. Growing up we had only 1 as well, but once I was grown my mom did get one for the bedroom so she could watch whatever she wanted to since my dad always watched his shows. I am not comfortable watching TV in bed since I really don't have anything to lean against while sitting on the bed. I don't really watch a whole lot of TV anyway.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
2 May 18
I never watch daytime TV but it helps me relax before I go to sleep, I think I used to watch more before the age of computers but I prefer to do online stuff in the day.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
2 May 18
@morgoodie I can't really remember how long I've been online. I suppose it must be around 10 years although I didn't do anything like this when I first started.
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@morgoodie (2645)
• United States
2 May 18
@sprite1950 Yeah I am on my computer much more than I watch TV. Of course, I didn't use to be on my computer this much before I started working online.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
4 May 18
@riavem21 I guess they are right
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@riavem21 (27)
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4 May 18
@sprite1950 yeah they did, hahaha! Their point being we'd have better communication if we don't have anything else occupying our time in the bedroom. People like to use their mobile phones and pc's while on break, so it seems like a bad idea to add another distraction...
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@snowy22315 (180740)
• United States
1 May 18
I own 3 only one of which I watch now though. The bedroom TV is not hooked up to the satellite and the box we had in there never worked that well. I prefer streaming on the tablet if I am going to watch something in the bedroom.
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@snowy22315 (180740)
• United States
2 May 18
@sprite1950 Some of the younger generation just stream..owning a TV isn't a priority.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
2 May 18
There are so many ways in which we can watch prorammes now. It's not a big deal if we don't own a tv set these days.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
2 May 18
@snowy22315 Yes they've got the right idea
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@Mavic123456 (21893)
• Thailand
1 May 18
we are not TV people. we managed to live without TV for 1 and half years
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
1 May 18
That's fine. Some people use their computers instead of a TV.
@Mavic123456 (21893)
• Thailand
1 May 18
@kanchan10 nothing, even we have teenagers by that time we are really not into TV. no one watches tv shows.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
1 May 18
In my house? At this moment. The answer would be zero. When the moving truck arrives, there will be one.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
2 May 18
I expect you're too busy to watch tv at the moment anyway!@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
2 May 18
@Morleyhunt You can catch up with your favourite programmes later.
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
2 May 18
@sprite1950 in the even on I wouldn't mind watching an episode of something, but no, for the most part, I'm too busy to miss it.
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@anamika161088 (11866)
• India
1 May 18
We rarely watch TV. It feels ignorant in our house
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
2 May 18
You mean you would rather talk? Yes that's a good enough reason.
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@anamika161088 (11866)
• India
2 May 18
@sprite1950 Yes. We enjoy each other's company in our free time.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
2 May 18
@Kandae11 Yes I do. There's something about a big screen that makes it more enjoyable
@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
2 May 18
I think the internet has taken the place of tv sets these days for many people.
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@Kandae11 (55027)
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2 May 18
@sprite1950 It is convenient but I do prefer watching movies and sports on something bigger than a laptop.
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@sprite1950 (30452)
• Corsham, England
2 May 18
I could manage with one although it's nice to have one in other rooms.
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@aureliah (24316)
• Kenya
2 May 18
@sprite1950 yes for the days that you are feeling lazy in bed
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