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Do you have a TV, and how do you live?  

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  1. 1. Do you have a TV, and how do you live?

    • Have a TV, live with parents
      30
    • Have a TV, live alone
      10
    • Have a TV, rent
      2
    • Have no TV, live with parents
      1
    • Have no TV, live alone
      3
    • Have no TV, rent
      9

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Kulebron

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I got interested if smart people across the globe have TV or not.

As I learned, many of my and younger generation (30 and younger) just don't buy a TV set when they separate from parents. In the university dorm nearby, I don't remember anybody having it, and they have no IP TV either on their local Ethernet.

I got a new apartment 4 years ago, moved there from a rented one, and I just did not buy a TV set ever. Now I have an Ethernet provider, and they offer IP TV, but I rejected the option in my contract. So when I'm doing home chores, I turn on internet radio and listen to improve foreign language (Portuguese). I recently got tired of listening to music, and can even do things in calm.

When I visit parents' apartment, they have TV turned on light another light bulb. They talk and don't notice it, or do some "autopilot" things, like knitting or yoga, near the TV set.

Meanwhile, I can't even talk comprehensively when the TV is on. I got so used to having no distraction when doing home chores, that even muted TV distracts me now. If sound is on, it becomes impossible to talk. This is amazing, but I'm happy with my choice. I still get all the news I need over RSS feeds and internet radio.

Do you guys have stories on this?

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I live at home with parents and TV. If I were alone in the house, I doubt I would ever use it except as a second/third monitor for the computer. Generally it is off, and we hardly get any reception on but two channels. Even those are pretty unreliable.

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Right, but when you rent you most often get a TV set along with furniture, washer and vacuum cleaner.

I am not sure about other parts of the world, but around here that is quite unusual. Not unheard of, but rooms and houses are generally rented unfurnished. You rent something, you bring your own stuff.

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I am not sure about other parts of the world, but around here that is quite unusual. Not unheard of, but rooms and houses are generally rented unfurnished. You rent something, you bring your own stuff.

I see. Here furniture and equipment is a must. You have hard time finding a client with an empty apartment. All those who rent apartments are very mobile, nobody wants to carry any serious stuff. When I lived with a gf, all our posessings (including heavy winter coats and shoes) fit in 4 suitcases.

Well, since there's no way to edit poll after it started, we'll have to let the poll reflect this kind of vision.

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All those who rent apartments are very mobile, nobody wants to carry any serious stuff. When I lived with a gf, all our posessings (including heavy winter coats and shoes) fit in 4 suitcases.

So does that mean very few people rent and that the rest of the people buy their houses?

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Haven't owned a TV in over a decade now. No place I've ever rented offered a TV, although the other sorts of furnishings would be there. This might have something to do with a TV licence being a thing in Ireland. Anyway it's pretty easy to get hold of tv programs, it's never been much of an issue for me.

As for how much stuff I own, I wish it fit in 4 suitcases. Moving is something that I dread, just did it recently, not fun.

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Odd poll options but whatever.

I'm a strange case. I became a cord cutter before "cord cutter" was a term. I moved from one apartment to another in 2008 and just never turned cable on (except for Internet). I have an 8-year-old 45" TV (yes, bought the year before I dropped cable) and am starting to think of getting a bigger one. I watch Football over the air, and watch Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Prime videos, and DVDs (mostly from Redbox) on the TV and feel absolutely no need to pay for commercials cable TV due to all the options available elsewhere.

Here furniture and equipment is a must... All those who rent apartments are very mobile, nobody wants to carry any serious stuff.

I can't tell if the 2nd sentence I quoted contains that "Here" qualifier from the first, but if it doesn't then I am proof against it. I've rented and I've owned, and will never own a home again. But I've lived in the same apartment for 7 years and if I move again it may be the last time until I retire.

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Quite a restricted pool... I voted "Have a TV, live alone", but I actually live with my fiancee...

Back when I was young, I had a tv and cable on my bedroom, along with my computer, so TV was on whenever I was home..

As I got older, I got fed up with all the clutter on my bedroom (not to mention the pesky "standby" light that looks like a darn floodlight when you're trying to sleep), so I gradually lost interest in TV..

Now, I have a TV, but me and my fiancee don't really care much for TV, so only Netflix for us...

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So does that mean very few people rent and that the rest of the people buy their houses?

I guess, more than half of population stay at their own or parents' home. If anybody starts being mobile (goes to (another) city to university), then they spend quite some time before having their own. As for rent, it's mostly apartments. Houses should be rented too, but as I know, they also offer some very basic set of furniture, and TV+washer is a must.

I can't tell the amount, but in my block, among 16 apartments I know for sure 2-3 are for rent, maybe more. In city center, the majority of apartments are rented, because the rates are very good and tempting.

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Haven't owned a TV in over a decade now. No place I've ever rented offered a TV, although the other sorts of furnishings would be there. This might have something to do with a TV licence being a thing in Ireland. Anyway it's pretty easy to get hold of tv programs, it's never been much of an issue for me.

Wow, that's interesting. Can you tell in details how licencing works?

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I voted: Have TV, live alone because it came closest to my situation, though I live with my girlfriend.

If it wasn't for her, I might not have taken cable-TV.

The TV would probably only have been used to occasionly watch the 3 free public channels we receive and for playing console games.

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I'm a strange case. I became a cord cutter before "cord cutter" was a term.

That is a term?

I lived a while without television (or internet) in a temporary place and must say I rather enjoyed the peace it brings. Some things become a bit hard though, especially because of the lack of internet, and now that cable is available again I just tend to watch. A bit more than I would ideally do, I might add. It is just to easy to tune in and tune out.

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That is a term?

I wouldn't be surprised if some major publication made it the term of the year for 2015, with all the stuff coming out from HBO and CBS and others. Heck, there is even a spinoff term "cord nevers" for adults who have never paid for cable TV. Frankly I wouldn't be surprised to learn a publication made it their term of the year last year or the year before.

I AM surprised you've never heard it, though I'm also surprised by comments in this thread about how every apartment in their area is furnished or how you either own a home or are a nomad, so I suppose to each their own :)

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I have a TV. I don't "have TV". As in, I don't have an antenna, nor do I have cable. I use the TV to play Xbox 360 & dvds and stream Youtube & Netflix.

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Wow, that's interesting. Can you tell in details how licencing works?

Don't know about Ireland, but in the UK I know that every TV set needs a license - it's how they pay for public television, specifically the BBC.

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