Re:Why I Traded My TV for a Turntable
by OJFord on Monday August 07, 2017 @02:49AM
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Oh, wow, I'd not realised we were discussing an 'always on' level of prior usage.
Personally, both in childhood and living alone now, my consumption has always been deliberate.
I do dislike the 'circle of chairs around a TV' aesthetic you describe, at least in a main reception room, which is why I suggested 'demoting' the set as a favourable solution for some. I suppose, though I haven't thought of it before, that's inspired from growing up with a 'home cinema', (although we also had a television in the sitting room, most of our deliberate viewing 'in numbers' would be there, on the projector) and visiting my grandparents, whose only television was in a den separate to their sitting room.
Personally, both in childhood and living alone now, my consumption has always been deliberate.
I do dislike the 'circle of chairs around a TV' aesthetic you describe, at least in a main reception room, which is why I suggested 'demoting' the set as a favourable solution for some. I suppose, though I haven't thought of it before, that's inspired from growing up with a 'home cinema', (although we also had a television in the sitting room, most of our deliberate viewing 'in numbers' would be there, on the projector) and visiting my grandparents, whose only television was in a den separate to their sitting room.