I’m currently in the process of putting my house on the market. I don’t have a TV in my living room / dining room area, which is quite large, but I watch TV on a small screen in a bedroom turned study room.
Does a living room need, by modern convention a TV screen to make it look ‘finished’ ? My small screen would look silly in such a large room.
Are we, the modern human being expecting to see the telly adorning the main living area along with coffee table and sofa etc ?
Interesting question that I would never have considered. We have never had a TV, so wouldn’t notice the lack. I think if your room looks like it works in itself, no-one will ever notice.
I suspect that if the lounge is nicely presented it won’t make any difference. After all people aren’t buying the TV (unless you are selling furnished, but even then I’d be surprised if it lost you a sale).
This is not a silly question.
If your buyer wants a TV, they’ll add one. I hate standardised interiors designed to ‘be like everyone else’. And I don’t have a TV or a sofa, and I wouldn’t want one for anything in the world!
These days people are starting to move to projecting TV onto a wall/drop down screen rather than having an actual TV. As long as you can say that your internet is fine, and preferably that house can access fibre, then there’s no problem.
In the olden days, you needed an aerial socket to receive television, so the lack of a receiver might indicate to a buyer that they would need to have a socket installed.
Obviously this is no longer the case.
I agree with the others: no need. You won’t put téléspectateurs off, and you might attract readers.
Not sure about that. There was a time if you wanted to fill a whole wall with the image a projector was the only option. But these days TVs have caught up size wise with 100+ inch sets and protectors now have several disadvantages in that size range. They are large, expensive and even if you do spend quite a bit of money have lower image quality. I think there are still not any true 8k projectors for instance. They fake it by displaying part of the image then shifting half a pixel, displaying a bit more and the repeating the process until the full resolution is built up. They also tend to be power hungry and have loud fans to keep the innards cool.
If you truly have a truly cinema sized space they still come into their own but you are probably looking at something with a six figure price tag.
You are worrying too much about a trivial thing. I have three screens and always have had as I like my programmes especially in the winter and in bed and the other one is in the spare bedroom for any visitor to watch, the builders put in enough plugs and sockets in every room for such an event. People buy houses for many reasons and the reason why I sold mine in four days was the fact that it felt like a home and not a miserable show piece!
Several of our younger friends have gone that way having modest living areas that are multifunctional. NoTV to easily press button discourages the kids.
We don’t have a TV in the living room but we do have one in the spare room with a couple of comfy chairs plus a projector in the attic. The idea is that we need to make a conscious choice to watch TV rather than have it on because it’s there.
Ours is in the living-room, but I have a much more technical solution than yours.
Every time I turn it on, either the tv or the box needs to be updated. It is such a faff that, by the time it’s all up to date, the moment is past or I’ve lost interest.