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No TV in my bedroom. The only time we spend in there is sleeping.

I already have a magical rectangle my dumb ass likes to look at already. I don't want another.

"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.

No TV in the bedroom for me. No need, really. The bedroom is for sex and sleep, nothing else.

We have no tv. None.

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.

No TV in the bedroom. The bedroom is for sleeping and sex. (I have 2 TVs in the living room, but I am using them as PC monitors and don't watch TV and only subscribe to crunchy roll.)

I used to, but I haven't for about 10 years or so. By the time I go to bed, I want to sleep. I might browse my phone for a few minutes first.

A TV in the bedroom also encourages you to stay in bed longer in the morning.

Ew no. Absolutely not. TV in the bedroom is the antithesis of sleep hygiene.

Pretty neat if you're interested in missing all the movies' endings.

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!

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.

I took a protip from that CGP Grey video "Spaceship You" and so my bedroom is only used for 3 things;

• sex
• sleep
• naps

Had one in the room growing up. Had one when I moved out. Took it out when I got married, and haven't had one for well over a decade.

One in the living room though. Bought it when we got married. Stupid thing won't die so I can justify replacing it.

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...

No. My bedroom is for sleeping and only for sleeping. No computer, no TV, etc. That's not to say I don't scroll on my phone in bed, but in general I try to make my brain associate it with sleep.

Also, it's amazing how much easier it is to clean my room now that I'm an adult and don't have to keep every possession I own in that room.

We don't have a TV at all.

One of the few things we agree on with my spouse is not having a TV in the bedroom. The TV in the living room and our PCs are enough, the bedroom is for sleeping.

In smaller places, yes. It was the video game window.

In bigger places later on no. Bedroom is for sleeping.

Sometimes we do, sometimes we don't. I do watch in the bedroom sometimes, but I find that I don't use the one in our living room at all and have considered reclaiming the space. For me, the reason for having it in the bedroom is that there is an extra heater in there in the winter and it's extra cool in there during the summer because it's not on the top floor and is shielded from the sun by landscaping so it heats up much slower. It does heat up a bit slower now that my gaming PC got moved to my office.

I have a TV in my bedroom set up specifically for in case I have a friend over and we want to cuddle on the bed and watch stuff. It’s hooked up to my computer for ad-free YouTube but is separate from my regular computer monitor.

My roommates do have a living room TV but I feel weird about cuddling in front of them.

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 likes to turn the TV on at weird times, so I leave it unplugged the vast majority of the time.

No TV at all, and no social media other than federated platforms and YouTube these days, and I only use alternative no algo clients for YouTube. If I hear about something to watch, I sail the high seas, find it, watch it. If I like it, it goes into my backups.

One of these days I might buy an old ass TV and set up a JellyFin server, but I'm fine with my 1080p monitor. I only watch like 2 shows at a time max, and keep up with like 5 or 6 YT channels. No time and no need for others.

Admittedly, my computer is in my bedroom though. I always have had my computer in my bedroom though, so that's just a personal taste thing.

I don't own a TV and if I did it sure as hell wouldn't be in my bedroom

I don't need a TV in a bedroom, I got screens all over the house and garage, but not in there lol.

Technically yes, but it's ancient and almost never used. Someone got me one of those toy NES things that's plugged into it, but I don't use it much

. I need to donate the tv (no one on free cycle offered to take it) or send it to an e-waste place. It's very heavy so it mostly just sits there.

we have changed over time, removing TV from our lives over the past 7 years. I did notice that it is easier to not watch TV when i have a lot of free things to do nearby, outside. like gardening and landscaping. we have one tv in the living room just to be able to watch a movie sometimes, it is awesome. bedroom is completely built to be aesthetic, cozy and for SLEEPING or whatever. nothing more, nothing less so we get out of there when we are done.

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.

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.

We've generally avoided a TV in the bedroom. When we were given a second hand TV from a family member that was better than our living room TV, we mounted the old TV in our bedroom. We used it maybe 10 times over 2-3 years.

Now we live elsewhere and only have 1 TV in the living room again.

The bedroom needs to be a low tech place, for optimal rest.

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".

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.

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 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.

I hadn't owned a TV for over 16 years now and wouldn't want one in my bedroom. Truth be told each time I see one turned on anywhere, I feel I'm attacked intellectually : sensational news that make people dumb, and don't get me started about the ads