I had a TV in the bedroom, but removing it was one of the best choices I made. I liked the idea of creating TV-free spaces so much that I moved the TV out of the living room too. The living room is a social space, the TV room is a dedicated room to watch the TV. There is no context where "the TV is just on".
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I don't now, not for any "screen rules", but because we have the space to spread out. I think that's an underlying factor to this thread. We have ownership of the living space and have a slight excess if you count occupants vs rooms with TVs or laptop areas. Between living with my parents later than I'd like and then having shared apartments, I always had a TV in the bedroom from ~10 on because that was my bedroom, my office, my game space, etc. But now, if the SO and I decide our house isn't crowded enough and add kids, I can certainly see adding a TV back to the bedroom.I wouldn't want them to feel confined with all their entertainment in one room like I felt growing up.
I have a TV in both my living room and my room. I haven't used either in months, but I sometimes use it. My roommate uses the living room one a few times a month but uses the one in her room a lot.
My entertainment choices vary and currently it's covered by my tablet and pc, but I'll use the TV again when I want to play on switch or steamdeck(some games I prefer the deck).
I think the better question and the one that would get more yes or no answers is do you have any screens in your bedroom? Not necessarily televisions.
I think significantly more people watch their phones in bed than they do large TVs.
Always. I watch something before I go to sleep. It's a routine. Whether it was a free TV or a nice LED tv, I always had something in my room.
we have a TV in the living room, it only goes on once or twice a week, has a n Nvida box connected. I'm retired, so there's not enough time to watch much TV.
no
bedroom is for quality sleep. if I want poor quality sleep, I'll sleep on the couch in front of the TV
looking at backlit screens before bed is terrible for my sleep quality
My husband and I don't have a TV in our bedroom. We'll go to bed at different times, and a TV going is just too much light and noise. If one of us wants to fall asleep to a TV show, there's a very comfortable couch in the living room.
I think it might be different if we had kids. In that case, having a TV in the bedroom can be useful, in case you want to watch something kids aren't old enough for yet. But it's just the two of us, so we keep a TV out of the bedroom. The bedroom is for sleeping and other activities.
I sleep better with a YouTube video playing as I fall asleep (specifically something from Vinny Vinesauce's Fullsauce channel).
Ew no. Absolutely not. TV in the bedroom is the antithesis of sleep hygiene.
Me nodding sagely to this comment as I scroll in bed
Yes and no.
Occasionally I like to fall asleep to SNL or a football game in the fall, but my bedroom is also haunted and the ghost like to turn the TV on at weird times, so I leave it unplugged the vast majority of the time.
No.
TV in a bedroom is just a bad idea for overall health.
Yes because it's another room we are able to chill in separately and it was my very old TV before I decided to upgrade to 4k. We have a living room but on some occasions we want to watch our own shows. It gets used about once a week. It's not used before bed. I don't see the issue if you're able to use it without fucking up your life. We don't have a TV in the children's rooms. We have a kitchen with a small dining table - no mobile devices allowed so makes sense not to have a tv. We don't have any other rooms.
For heavens sake, no. There is a TV in the living room, and a small one in the studio. A TV does not belong in any bedroom.
Especially not a modern "smart" TV with built-in microphones...
Embarrassed to let it hear you wanking?
No bedroom TV. As an ADHD person, that's just a 'never-going-to-sleep' trap. I do have a list of youtube channels I put on my phone at lowest volume and screen off for background noise. It can't be too interesting or I won't sleep; it just needs to keep my mind from wandering in bad directions.
Yes, but we never watch anything on it unless we are sick in bed. Screen time happens elsewhere in the house to separate the sleep from the family time.
I don't have those things and I don't have a TV in my bedroom. I do have my PC in there though and I watch shit on that. It's off when I'm going to sleep though.
where else am I supposed to watch my pornos?
ofc there's a TV in the bedroom. one in the bathroom, the kitchen, the laundry room, the family room, the living room, the dining room, the breakfast nook, all the bedrooms, the office, the garage, the patio.
so what you’re saying is that you live in a one room shack?
I don't own a TV. I'd rather be on my computer approximately 100% of the time.
I do. It keeps me off my phone and I can watch the shows I have on my list. And, when I suffer from nightmares, it provides me some comfort. But, then again, I still technically sleep with a night light despite my age so maybe I'm an exception.
Lol I use a nightlight at home and travel with one. Not because I'm scared, but so I can navigate the room quickly in the middle of the night. Usually just to pee. I already wake up confused enough about my location at home if I happen to wake, no need to be further confused in a new place.
I feel big screen is slightly better than looking at my phone all the time. Like putting on a movie or show makes me focus on one thing at a time, and when I want to go bed, the sounds of the natural doc I have on make me go to sleep fast. I know people recommend no blue light at all, but for me, it's better to pick something slightly less bad, imo. I'm all for TV in the bedroom.
I've got one but really basically never use it
It's just the old one from the living room though I'd never buy a bedroom TV
No TV in the bedroom. Bedroom is for other activities.
Like sitting on your phone or crying!
Nope, because as you said it'd be a distraction and can affect people's ability to sleep as the blue light messes with circadian rhythm.
No. No TVs in living room or bedroom. I have a separate gaming room for that. I hate TVs as center pieces unless its a gaming crt
"No screens in the bedroom" was supposed to to help me sleep better years ago, it didn't really matter if they're in there or not but I still keep to the rule.
We listen to music, read, has the sexes and other things but no TV in the bedroom. Always a rule for us.
Hell yeah dude, because the bed is comfy. Favorite place to watch shows or game
I already have a magical rectangle my dumb ass likes to look at already. I don't want another.
No TV but the more pernicious thing now is anything connected to the internet. Feels like "no TV in the bedroom" should be updated to "no screens in the bedroom" since a lot of folks end up doom scrolling instead of going to bed.
Personally I'm not a huge fan. We only have one and it's in the living room. I do stream quite a bit but I just don't want it in my bedroom.
We have no tv. None.
Yes, but it's not currently hooked up to anything because we don't actually use it.
No TV in the bedroom! That's for rich people, like people who have ice makers in the fridge and the whiring blades in the sink!
I have a bedsit apartment, so I don't even have a TV.
No TV in the bedroom, just the living room. I do find comfort at times from a soft livestream, but I normally sleep better in quiet darkness.
I understand the hard-line approach, but for me it's situational. A laptop for those times is sufficient.
I live by myself in a 1br. I have 1 tv.
I do, I've mostly been using it as computer monitor though.
I don't need a TV in a bedroom, I got screens all over the house and garage, but not in there lol.
In smaller places, yes. It was the video game window.
In bigger places later on no. Bedroom is for sleeping.
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