We have a No TV in our living room.
Sometimes I think it’s our most valuable possession.
Our No TV gives the whole family somewhere between one and six extra hours every day. It’s hard to add hours to a day, but the No TV does it.
Miles uses the time for making stop-motion movies and Flash animations. Charlotte uses it to read, and write, and compose pieces on the piano. I use it for writing (code), and writing (English), and to teach myself algebra and geometry and management theory and finance. Margaret uses it for her many projects too. We wouldn’t have time for any of this, if it weren’t for our No TV.
The No TV comes with other benefits as well. It creates a few square feet of floor space. And it pays out a few hundred dollars a year.
In fact, we like our No TV so much, we’ve put one in each of the bedrooms too.
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I have heard they are coming out with the neu-no tv. You actually talk to one another in the space created by the absence of the no tv. It creates a stimulating thing called conversation between family members, and it leads to an amazing thing called love of the individual and not the intellect of the individual. Then individual intellectual capacity increases at a rate that is human but amplified by a rate that is measurable in jelly beans (no matter the size). You can actually predict how many are in any size jar at any given moment in any dimension, facing any direction, standing on either foot, facing into the wind or sun, with either eye open or closed, even with you hat askew.
The FCC is investigating possible serious side effects of No TV. It seems that many people who have become accustomed to No TV act strangely when exposed to such ubiquitous things as TV's in grocery stores and airports. They may require all No TV's to carry a warning label. Also, Sony is possibly going to sue, saying that they believe it violates their DRM. And the final reason to wait is that Microsoft is competitive product which they will be announcing soon - many analysts expect it to be a No TV killer. Speculation is that it will be called "Non functional TV" or "Vista TV".
We have no cable and no off air tv, but still have the DVD model. Almost as good, and it doesn't get much use anyway...
I've subscribed to No TV Service since 1999. The price point is very competitive and the display quality is marvelous--completely realistic images that look as if you're seeing them with the naked eye.
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/28-not-having-a-tv/
Ouch! (But very funny.)
"In fact, we like our No TV so much, we’ve put one in each of the bedrooms too."
LOL!!! i am not quite there, but hopefully soon.
Ohh, i have a model from about 6 years ago, and it still works! Unlike conventional TVs, No TVs actually appreciate in value as time goes by!
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28694
:-)