I haven’t had a TV in my bedroom in over 20 years. I had an ex who always wanted it on all the time, even to sleep to, and it drove me crazy.
We just moved into a townhouse and bought a new, bigger tv, so at least for now the old tv is in the bedroom.
I’m normally against TVs on the bedroom but I’m not minding this so far - but if my fiance depression-nests in the bedroom I’ll sell the tv.
I do have a tv in my bedroom, so I can hook up my consoles, and PC and stuff :3. However we do not currently have a tv downstairs in the living room
Idk if my answer counts here, I technically have a “living room” in my flat but I’ve got it set up as an office. So, nowhere else for the TV to go except my bedroom.
If I had space to put it in my living room, I’d probably still want a smaller one in my bedroom. There are some YT channels I love watching before falling asleep.
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.
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.
Have 5 TVs throughout the house, has grown so much over the years. Most families here have 3 to 4 TVs
Where is “here”?
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”.
I have a TV in both my living room and my room. I haven’t used either in months, but I sometimes use it. My roommate uses the living room one a few times a month but uses the one in her room a lot.
My entertainment choices vary and currently it’s covered by my tablet and pc, but I’ll use the TV again when I want to play on switch or steamdeck(some games I prefer the deck).
IMO the tablet is just a physically closer portable TV…
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.
If my Do-It-All-Room counts:

(Greetings from my breakfast table lol.)Assuming I had an apartment with 2-3 rooms (meaning a hobby and/or living room + bedroom) I would probably only put one in the bedroom as a spare TV.
But I would not buy a new one just to watch more screens.No, I don’t have a TV in my bedroom.
Why does me having a living room have any bearing on that?
Some people live in Studio Apartments or in Bedsits, where it’s either having a TV in the bedroom-kitchen-living room or having no TV, no middle option.
Hence why OP stated that
I still don’t really get it. I don’t have a TV at all, so it doesn’t matter how many other rooms I have.
If you’re in a studio apartment, you don’t really have a separate room for sleeping, so you likely have a tv visible from bed. If you move up to a 1 or 2 bed apartment, now you have a a living room, and a tv visible from bed is a choice. Guessing OP recently upgraded their living situation and is seeing how others do it.
I took a protip from that CGP Grey video “Spaceship You” and so my bedroom is only used for 3 things;
- sex
- sleep
- naps
My apartment has two rooms. One is a storage room, the other is the living room/bedroom. TV (a computer monitor hooked up to a PlayStation 4 for YouTube) is right in front of the pile of blankets and pillows where I sleep, and is on 24/7.
Always. I watch something before I go to sleep. It’s a routine. Whether it was a free TV or a nice LED tv, I always had something in my room.
The TV is used by everyone in the household, so it stays in the living room. Anyone who wants one in their bedroom has to buy it themselves.





