View Poll Results: Should I get rid of my TV?

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  • Get rid of it

    21 29.58%
  • Best keep it, just in case

    18 25.35%
  • I don't have a TV and I don't miss it at all

    14 19.72%
  • I don't have a TV, but I do miss it sometimes

    2 2.82%
  • I would love to get rid of it, but the wife would kill me!

    7 9.86%
  • I do have a TV and wouldn't be without one

    13 18.31%
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  1. #1
    Join Date: Feb 2011

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    Default Should I get rid of my TV?

    I have been seriously thinking of getting shot of my TV over the weekend, there's nothing much on that interests me these days, in fact I think its mostly crap if I'm being frank! I never watch soaps, I dislike reality TV and talent shows leave me cold - I abhor everything about them . . . so for me a TV these days is a thief of time. I only watch it because it's there and to be honest the amount I watch is very little and if there is anything really important, I could always watch it later on-line.

    So what do you think guys - should it go so I can spend more time listening to music and reading, or should I hang on to it?



    (its a 42" Panasonic Plasma by the way)
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  2. #2
    Join Date: Nov 2009

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    Keep it just for glastonbury and sky arts...
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  3. #3
    Join Date: Feb 2011

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    I don't have Sky, only poor man's TV and Glasto is on-line
    "People will hear what you tell them to hear" - Thomas Edison

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  5. #5
    Join Date: Nov 2011

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    Been without for 8 years, don't miss it one bit.

    Rots your head and 50% f*ucking adverts, which I can't stand.

  6. #6
    Join Date: Feb 2011

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    I just keep it to watch blu rays on. Most of my watching is done online as I refuse to pay for sky.
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  7. #7
    Join Date: Dec 2008

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    Tim:
    I do not watch TV only play DVD's, if the TV is on while the wife is at home, i might watch something for half an hour once in a blue moon but it will be something of interest like a documentary, never the crap you see on everyday viewing. I really begrudge paying for a licence + sky & would get shut of the TV in a flash but i have the wife to consider

  8. #8
    Join Date: May 2011

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    Worth it for news, politics and sport even if any other decent content is thin on the ground. Don't buy papers any more so it's how I keep up with events. Of course if you want to isolate yourself from the world get rid of it and you won't be able to engage in inane discussions on AOS about reality TV. There is also loads of extra crap now we have freeview as well as shopping channels. Combine with Amazon and Tesco Direct and you need never leave home.

  9. #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post



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    Oh my god, I haven't seen that for years, used to love it!

  10. #10
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    +1 used to watch this every week. To answer the thread, yes I think I would get rid of the tv
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