TOTALLY A TAAT do you think big tellies are common?

[LennyCrabsticks]

And if so, can you explain why?

I'm fascinated by the whole concept.

Educate me.

Well of course it's odd. Referring to something as 'common' as in 'lower-class' is a bit bloody odd IMHO.

If I ever described anything as common I would gave truly have turned into my mother so no. Don't believe in the snoby concept of stuff being common.

But I don't really get why people want massive ones in tiny rooms. A smaller one would be cheaper, give you more space and still give you a good quality picture. So find them odd. Don't get it.

We have a 62 inch LCD 3D plasma smart TV in our lounge.

Ds (3) has a 50 inch 4K 3D plasma smart TV in his room.

I do not think I belong to any particular social class, but other posters on MN have told me I am RAF.

At the moment I think it's common.

But we might be getting a big one for Christmas and if we do it won't be common any more. And that's official.

HTH

Yes, very. Having said that, the one in our basement is massive. I am quite common in lots of way though (I have hydrangeas in my garden, white snow boots, wear a necklace and earrings at the same time, you get the idea).

I remember when having satellite telly was common (I am old).

I thing a big screen in a small sitting room looks odd, especially if the room is the only reception room in the house, so that the TV dominates the room even when you are doing non-screen activities. A big screen in a room the right size to get the best view in a room where the main activity is watching TV is ok.

^yes

dunno why really

i hate big tellies on the wall because it gives the impression that the telly is the most important thing in the house. I don't think a tv should be the focus of a room.^

Agree 100%.

Big televisions are not the issue, it's televisions which are too big for the room they are in. They then dominate the room, it just gives the impression (not always correctly) that the inhabitants have nothing better to do that watch brain rot all night.

I have a big TV (55') in the main living room (the only TV in the house - I won't allow any more), but the room is 60ft long so anything smaller would look lost. The PIL by contrast have a 48' in the living room of their 3 bed semi and it looks absolutely ridiculous - even they admit it. However they do like their TV so why shouldn't they have the one they want, their home after all!

I have a massive telly.
Anyone would think it was the most important thing in the lounge.
It is!
I watch hours and hours of netflix!
Dead common me

Having a big expensive tv makes a functional difference - you can see it better. Having a big expensive car or jewellery could be to show off.

My TV isn't all that big but then nor is my living room. If I had a bigger room I'd need a bigger TV(unless I put the settee in the middle of the room)

What do you call people who go to the cinema. Do you know how big that screen is? Should they put a portable tv down the front to show it on?

I find them pointless really as I said on the other thread. I'm not sure I'd say common as such, my DGM thinks they're reserved for commoners though .

I remember going to a really distant relatives house as a child and they'd bought a mahoosive TV, this was in the days before flatscreen so it was Feckin' huge and their room was pretty small so it literally took up half of the room. I thought it looked silly then as a child, I still feel the same way now. It's pointless and odd unless you have a massive room or you have poor eyesight IMO. I think I possibly feel this way because I find TV's ugly and I don't really watch much TV either.

What's RAF? Mumsnet is bloody obsessed with class. After reading 'Watching the English' I've decided it's because so many of the posters are middle-middle-class or lower-middle-class. It's a bit tedious at times. The only time I have EVER had a conversation about class and taste in real life was discussing that Grayson Perry program with one other person who watched it. We admitted we had recognised our own 'tastes' summed up pretty well. Come to think of it, the same person lent me the Watching the English book. Maybe it was a very subtle Mumsnet handshake.

Personally my sofas, rug and sideboard in the TV room were more expensive than the TV itself but that wasn't really my point.

Like bair I've come across families through work who have a massive TV's (plus other high end electronics) but children with no sheets on bed, or anywhere to sit and eat. That for me is fucked up priorities.

a bit tacky... every other living room seems to have one as the MAIN focal point of the room...

so do people sit of an evening all looking towards one wall/corner watching the big telly?

I don't like them if they are too big for the room they are in. We have a 42 inch one in quite a large living room and there is no way we are going any bigger.

DSis has a 50 inch one (I think) in a similar sized room and it looks ridiculous.

And I do judge people who prioritise consumer goods such as massive tellies over food and household essentials such as beds/bedding etc. You can get a small or second hand one very cheaply. There is no need to pay three times the cost in 'easy weekly installments' at Brighthouse.

not common but not nice, especially if on the wall. They crick my neck, and are uncomfortable for me to watch as i am long sighted, so i have to sit as far away as possible and they still feel too close. Ours is fucking huge i think (dh bought it) but other people comment it's small (it's 31" corner to corner) - but for the size of the room i still think it's on the big side.

My sister has a massive one above the mantle piece, i feel i'd have to be laying down in the front garden to be able to watch it properly. i always get a headache. Also i hate surround sound and all that business. My dad has something called a sound bar and it's totally overwhelming. I like a nice small telly on low volume so i can chatter over it

I do think electric things are ugly and too 'modern' looking in my victorian houses. When i grew up the tv was always in a cupboard and the doors were closed when we weren't watching it - very hyacinth bucket!

I only have a 32 inch but my living room is a tiny rectangle, anything bigger would look ridiculous. I've always wanted to put it on the wall but where do all the wires/sky box/DVD player go?

Ok if you have a cinema room

Not in the sitting room, ever.

people who prioritise consumer goods such as massive tellies over food and household essentials

I agree with that of course, but you also have to consider that they may never be able to go anywhere or do anything. Can't afford holidays, meals out in restaurants, gym membership, opera, theatre, cinema and so on. That's all they have.

RAF means Rough As Fuck.

I do not know whether I am middle class, working class etc. I do not define myself by any specific class, I do not think it matters.

Yes. I blame our 60 inch telly on DH but secretly love it

It's also common to have a telly in the bedroom so I watch it on my ipad

Big TV's look "common" when they are clearly worth more than everything else in the room put together. It is indicative of a bizarre sense of priorities

Yes , they should buy a more expensive 3 piece suite and sit and watch that of an evening

We have beds and bedding etc but the tv and ps4 are the most expensive things we have in the house I think

Big tellies rule. I would really like one myself, but have to make do with a 32'' one, which I guess is still very big compared to the old ones.
I couldn't contemplate having a smaller one. To think, I used to be happy with a 14'' portable

I think its ridiculous saying it looks like you have nothing better to do from people on mumsnet. What else is everyone doing that is so intellectual in the evenings?