that third bedroom is to die for! ::sigh::

it's an outlaw apostrophe!

Well I have a studio so technically my tv is in my living and bed room.

However, I will likely always have one in my bedroom. An old roommate of mine thought it was the worst thing ever and was always so proud of the fact that she refused to put a tv in her room... but then she would constantly come crash in my bedroom to watch the tv! Some folks just like to seem a certain way.. "I don't have a television in my bedroom, I don't believe in it." Whatevs, I do!

Besides, who wants to sit in the "tv room" when you're sick?

I do think it's best for children to go without them. And adults just need to turn them off, I think falling asleep with them on is the problem. I use my timer daily, lol!

You're sharp clampers. I would have missed that. I also don't like televisions in the bedroom. But hey, do what you want!

"Paradise by the TV light" - Meatloaf

I resisted a TV in the bedroom for years, but now we have a small plasma set on the dresser. I do love being able to watch the morning news while I get ready for work, or snuggle up with my daughter to watch a scary movie.

Ditto. I resisted for many years as well. Then I broke down--and I'm so happy I did. That's the only time I can really sit down and relax, at the end of the day in my own room. But I ALWAYS turn it off when I'm ready to go to sleep. So what's the harm? I don't get the debate.

I have a set-up nearly identical to the first picture (same TV, similar drawers, gray floral...). After resisting the TV in the room thing for a while, I moved it into my bedroom when my housemate decided that a TV would mess up her "energy" and aura (I call bullsh*t, but whatevs) and wanted to cover it with a sheet if we weren't using it if it was going to be in a common space. Um, no. So the TV lives in my room.

A married friend of mine complained they weren't having sex like they used to and suspected adding a TV to the bedroom was to blame. I'm not saying it's THE reason not to have one but it's an interesting one!

Have you ever tried to snuggle with someone while they're watching shark week? dismembered legs are not so sexy. TV should not be in the bedroom.
Actually, we don't really watch TV anymore (just movies). But when we're in hotels or visiting other people I realize that although entertaining, TV is a huge time-suck. I can sit down in front of one for hours watching absolute CRAP. For me it's just better if it's not an option.

I answered No, which isn't true. When I moved into my SO's house, he had a tv in the bedroom. Personally, I'd prefer NOT to have a tv in there, but "Yes, but I don't want it" wasn't one of the options.

I like my bedroom to be a sanctuary, a place where the media can't intrude.

Oh...and the comment about sex... It's true! We had more sex in the bedroom in my apartment, because there wasn't a tv to distract us from each other.

I grew up with a TV in my bedroom and I thought I'd hate not having it. When I got my first place I put it in the living room and I really like it that way. I spend less time watching TV and oversleeping the next day, and I'm reading a lot more. Every once in a while I get the urge to curl up under the covers and watch something, but I just throw a DVD in my laptop and it's just as good. I'm now firmly anti-TV.

My bf and I agreed on not having a TV in the bedroom. We feel like when we're in there, our focus should be on sleeping or on each other. ;)

Besides, we're perfectly comfy snuggling under a blanket on our sofa to watch movies. We really don't need a second TV just to be able to do that in bed.

Due to a mistake by the contactor during some renovations, I am currently living without a tv in my bedroom for the first time in 15 years. I thought it would be horrible, but I am actually reading a lot more and falling asleep more easily, which I like.

But I won't lie, there are definitely some nights when I get home late and just want to jump into bed and watch tv. For the occasional urge, I may get a used PS3 or computer and hook up hulu or streaming netflix to the tv.

Btw, does anyone know where to find that dresser in the first pic?

We actually sold our ONLY TV last year. So we have no tv in any room! It's done wonders for all aspects of our life ;)

I really, really like having a TV in the bedroom. If it's in the living room, everyone in the household has to hear what you're watching. Don't you hate being in homes where the TV is constantly chattering in the living room?

Don't have a TV. I find it's actually really easy living without one.

I'm a firm believer of no TV in the bedroom and feel my marriage and my sense of well-being is all the better for it.

No tv in the bedroom now... thought bringing computers/iphones into bed seems to create just as many of the problems mentioned above!

Actually, though, I have considered switching the tv out of the public space and into the bedroom after we have kids, as a way to keep the tv away from them. No tv is not an option due to my sports fanatic hubby, but I do like the idea of making regular tv viewing an "adult" thing that is regulated to the bedroom like so many other adult things.

We don't have a TV at all. If we had one it'd go in the living room. I also don't read in my bedroom; I have a nice comfy chair in the living room for that. This distinction between living room and bedroom activities has greatly improved my sleeping patterns. But I'm not proselytising - everybody should do what works for them. A TV in someone else's bedroom really doesn't bother me.

Used to have a TV in the bedroom that I watched whilst getting ready for work. Waking up one morning to find the twin towers crumbling on CNN pretty much killed the appeal. You couldn't pay me to put a TV in my bedroom now.

The 'main' plasma TV broke and I pretty much just shrugged it off. Unfortunately, my TV-addicted Grandma is here, so buying a digital converter for the analog and rearranging the livingroom to accommodate it had to be done.

I watch TV for about an hour a week on Supernatural night. Then I couldn't give a crap about it the rest of the week. Honestly, I prefer to just download the episodes.

TV, having interfered with finally getting the livingroom just right, is heavily on my list-of-things-I-hate. Otherwise, I'm fairly ambivalent toward it. I latch onto a few programs here and there, but it really isn't my thing. Now, when Adult Swim on Cartoon Network actually had good programs (Gundam Wing, Fullmetal Alchemist, Ghost in the Shell) I could've stayed up all night watching it. Same thing when History and Discovery channels showed stuff other than reruns. Now? Psssh. Don't care.

Now, a good chunk of my friends are gamers. Don't even get me STARTED. It really sucks when you're invited to a gamer's house and are not a gamer, henceforth you get your rear handed to you in exactly two seconds. Then you're out on your own, sitting on the couch, watching people play. Man, you know, I like classic rock and alternative music, but I'm polite enough to put it away when I have company over who's taste don't run in that direction. I can sacrifice it for a couple hours. Don't invite me if that's what you've got planned, y'know? No hurt feelings. I'll come by for a movie night or something.

I don't know, maybe I just know rude people. Either way, when it comes to TV, that is my ultimate, super-massive main beef. Gamer-socialization with non-gamers. No wonder why I leave those gatherings extremely inebriated. It's the only way to not wind up bored out of my mind.

Toronto’s McGill Design Group beautifully incorporated a bedroom television in their recent renovation of a Toronto home. That's how it should be done!

http://www.raenovate.com/2010/01/toronto-victorian.html

I actually debated this once with my fiance whether or not to have a TV in the bedroom - he wanted it and I didn't. I found out hugely it helps having one in there especially now that he has a broken leg. Its not so easy for us to just switch rooms when one wants privacy or away from the TV right now...and too much work to move all the components around.

No way would we ever have a tv in our bedroom. It takes up space, needs extra equipment to hook it up to the Sky box and besides, when would we watch it? We have zero time to waste in the mornings (just have the radio on), and read quietly or chat etc in the evenings. I can't see the point really, plus it's nice to get away from screens staring at you.

I do have a TV in my bedroom. To be honest, I would have a TV in my bathroom and my kitchen if I could. TV is like the radio for me. Also, I write about it, so I have to watch a lot!

we keep a tv in the bedroom with a dvd hooked up. no cable so we can't get any channels but it is nice to watch movies or tv shows on dvd in the comfort of the bedroom.

personally i don't see the tv as being the "cause" of any life problems...it's the usage by the owner that is at the root. as long as it doesn't interfere with real life i see no problem with a tv anywhere you choose, including the bedroom.

We have one in the bedroom that we mainly only use now and then on weekend mornings. He watches football, I read, and we can snuggle up together in bed for an hour or two. I love that time we spend together before we head out to our computers to work. It's also handy when I have friends over in the living room and there's some can't-miss sporting event he needs to watch (seeing any patterns here?).
I actually find the internet to be way more of a time-sucking brain drain than TV, but maybe I just have better self-control with the TV.

Sigh. My husband is hopelessly addicted to television; there would be one in every room if he could afford it. Eliminating the TV in the bedroom is the least of my worries. Getting him to stop sitting, slack-jawed and flipping up and down the channels, in front of it is the first step!

I suspect that a lot of the no-TV people use their laptops in their bedrooms. It's merely changing what kind of screen you're looking at, not creating a zen tech-free zone.

Nope, no laptops. We just don't watch media in the bedroom. TV just isn't a priority for us.

I love a bedroom with no tv. Keeping any digital/electronic devices in the bedroom is a no no under feng shui for restful sleep and I believe it. I moved into a small 2 bedroom rental last year and that was the best sleep I have had in years, fell asleep easily and slept thru the whole night. I also read more.

I have been known to use my laptop to watch a movie off of itunes in the bedroom when I've been sick (just propped it up on one of those breakfast tray/lap desk type of things next to me) but tried to not make tv watching a habit in that room.