Is television a necessity in the house?

We have a TV, but we barely ever watch it. I don't think it's important - unless you use it as a way to bring your family together. We don't do this, so it's not really important to us in any way.

Hi mermaid...Television is not a necessity like food, clothing, and shelter. You can get your news from the radio if you like. However we do have two tvs in the house because it's not only a news medium but a form of entertainment and we like to watch movies. But I don't think it's important. I probably would mind if I didn't have one though because I'm so used to it...

Its really difficult for me to stay at home with out television. Television entertains me and i don't really feel lonely when i am alone and i don't like calm environment at home so, i always switch on my TV when ever i am at home no matter what i am watching it or not.

So, seriously i can.t imagine a day with out Television.

I have three tv's in my home. I use tow of them daily. I don't have cable and like it this way. I would never feel I needed to have a tv in my home. I could find many more things that would be more important. Tv's are bad as they can make you become a couch potato.

In the busy and hard working life few minutes of entertainment is really essential to make our life happy. I spent my leisure time with my TV. But while i'm busy in work.. i prefer and enjoy hearing songs and some light music too..

we do have a televison myself i do not watch much but my husband enjoys it very much.

Since last week when my nephew passed class 9th and is in now in 10th standard which is big thing here. Not the class itself but 10th marks are asked everywhere so child should score very high marks and first time it is all India board level exams. So i got my DTH connection cut off and now we dont have any TV in our house and now i am getting used to no TV and actually liking it a lot. Yes i do miss my Fav prog but it does save me lots and lots of distraction and the child is studying more than when we had TV

I will get super BORED without television. I remember one time we had a major power failure in our city for hours and there was nothing we could do but looked at each other's faces with an imaginary question marks on them. It was like "what are we going to do now"? It was so boring!!! Sure we could have some more family quality time but what do we do after that? I like watching TV cause I am learning a lot from the shows that I watch...like "The Doctors" and the news that shows how stupid people can be to get accidents or commit some crimes. "Where else do you get info like that? And what about if you heard from someone "Hey did you see that on tv?"...just some great informative news that you don't want to miss. It's a horrible thing if we lose television but I bought a sony pocket radio just in case. lol have a good day!

I am totally against television. First of all because sometimes it just fills up my head with a lot of disinformation as different television stations have differing opinions on some everyday topics. The opinions on certain topics are quite contradictory and I don't understand a thing anymore. The best way to get your television is by going on youtube or some other form of internet televised news where the information is updated in real time and you never get hassled with a lot of commercials.

Hi mermaidivy, Most people today would want a television in their home because it has become accepted as a necessity. I don't think it really is, especially if one has a computer. Almost every year there is something new and soon people come to believe that they need it. I have had a television for years and I think I would miss it even though I rarely watch it. Blessings.