aja8888
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A close retired friend of mine and I were recently talking about the most recent Comcast outage (yeah, we know they suck - but not many choices here). The conversation went to equipment we have in our homes and what we watch (or DW watches). My friend, a retired exec from Anadarko, with no kids at home, told me they have seen (7) TV sets throughout their house. I was flabbergasted.
We have three TV's and only two are used. One is on many hours of the day and the other about 2 hours per day. The third one is about "shot" (bad color) and resides in the master bedroom and never gets watched since I can't sleep without total silence. DW, on the other hand, is connected by an invisible cable to the TV in the family room that would be left on 24 hours a day unless I turn it off when she is not in the room.
My friend was not sure which of his 7 TV's is used the most but said that his DW needs to have one in on every room she is in at that time. I know he has a 4 bedroom, 3,500 square foot house and presume the TV's are located in bedrooms, the kitchen and family gathering areas. He did say one TV was in a bathroom.
I thought that having 7 TV's was an excess until I casually asked my retired Shell Exec BIL who lives nearby (two people, no kids at home, 4,500 sq. ft. house) how many TV's they had since he just switched to Comcast and dumped their long association with TIVO. I was shocked when he told me they had 10 (ten), yes, TEN TV's! His reasoning for 10 was that they kind of grew out of needs when grand-kids were visiting and needed TV's to watch in remote bedrooms. I also believe they have a kitchen TV, at least two bathroom TV's and one in the laundry room.
Am I believing this may be the norm with well-to-do retired (or not retired) folks these days? Post in the poll and give an explanation for that number if you want.
Active: connected to a TV feed (cable, antenna) and ready to use by turning it on.
Inactive: Sitting there not able to display content without connecting it to a source.
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We have three TV's and only two are used. One is on many hours of the day and the other about 2 hours per day. The third one is about "shot" (bad color) and resides in the master bedroom and never gets watched since I can't sleep without total silence. DW, on the other hand, is connected by an invisible cable to the TV in the family room that would be left on 24 hours a day unless I turn it off when she is not in the room.
My friend was not sure which of his 7 TV's is used the most but said that his DW needs to have one in on every room she is in at that time. I know he has a 4 bedroom, 3,500 square foot house and presume the TV's are located in bedrooms, the kitchen and family gathering areas. He did say one TV was in a bathroom.
I thought that having 7 TV's was an excess until I casually asked my retired Shell Exec BIL who lives nearby (two people, no kids at home, 4,500 sq. ft. house) how many TV's they had since he just switched to Comcast and dumped their long association with TIVO. I was shocked when he told me they had 10 (ten), yes, TEN TV's! His reasoning for 10 was that they kind of grew out of needs when grand-kids were visiting and needed TV's to watch in remote bedrooms. I also believe they have a kitchen TV, at least two bathroom TV's and one in the laundry room.
Am I believing this may be the norm with well-to-do retired (or not retired) folks these days? Post in the poll and give an explanation for that number if you want.
Active: connected to a TV feed (cable, antenna) and ready to use by turning it on.
Inactive: Sitting there not able to display content without connecting it to a source.
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