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Telly addicts

How many tvs did your childhood home have?

157 replies

OneUmberJoker · 18/12/2025 18:50

3

OP posts:
upstairsdownstairscardboardbox · 18/12/2025 21:25

1, now we have 1

blankcanvas3 · 18/12/2025 21:27

2, one in the living room and one in the good living room. Then when I was 14 I was allowed one in my room

Shedeboodinia · 18/12/2025 21:38

1 to start when I was small (early 80s). By the 90s we had 5.
1 in each bedroom, parents and 2 kids (total of three)
1 in front living room and 1 in the back living room.

TheNameWasOnceChosen · 18/12/2025 21:40

1 in the living room.

OhDear111 · 18/12/2025 21:41

One.

Shedeboodinia · 18/12/2025 21:41

What made you want to ask OP?

CheeseWisely · 18/12/2025 21:42

3 once I’d turned 11. One in the lounge. One in parents bedroom, then one in mine. As an adult now I don’t think TVs in bedrooms are healthy so we just have the one.

InWithThePlums · 18/12/2025 21:42

2 (early 2000s). One in the front room and one in my bedroom.

curious79 · 18/12/2025 21:43

1 - family of 5

OttersMayHaveShifted · 18/12/2025 21:44

One. I'm now in my 50s and still only have one.

IMTHECRAZYOLDLADY · 18/12/2025 21:47

4

DuchessofReality · 18/12/2025 21:50

One. I have never lived in a house with more than one TV.

JingleAllTheWayToBed · 18/12/2025 21:51

3 in a multigenerational household, but 0 until I was 6 and moved in with my grandparents. Then my mum had one, my grandparents had 1 and I was given 1 when I was about 14 or so.

My house now has 1.

ittybittybigtiddies · 18/12/2025 21:52

2, one in the lounge and one in my parents bedroom.

NorthernDancer · 18/12/2025 21:54

1, same as now

Port1aCastis · 18/12/2025 21:55

4
One in the lounge
One in my Dad's den
One in parents room
One in my room

FFSToEverythingSince2020 · 18/12/2025 21:59

Two. Lived with grandparents. Regular one in the lounge, then there was a formal sitting room with no TV, and a VERY ancient TV in my room that had to be turned on by hand, and I only got it because my grandmother used the second TV’s VCR to tape her “stories” (Emmerdale). Then it became a blessing so that my grandparents wouldn’t be subjected to Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Still remember my beloved granddad saying, “I love you but I’m not watching Biffy the Vampire Sailor.” God, I miss laughing with him, especially this time of year.

firstofallimadelight · 18/12/2025 21:59

We had a colour tv in the living room and a black and white one in the dining room that had a indoor Ariel so the picture was dreadful

firstofallimadelight · 18/12/2025 21:59

We had a colour tv in the living room and a black and white one in the dining room that had a indoor Ariel so the picture was dreadful

firstofallimadelight · 18/12/2025 21:59

We had a colour tv in the living room and a black and white one in the dining room that had a indoor Ariel so the picture was dreadful

ABeerInTheSunshineMakesMeHappy · 18/12/2025 22:05

My parents bought a second TV (black and white portable) when I was around 12.

tripleginandtonic · 18/12/2025 22:06

1

ABeerInTheSunshineMakesMeHappy · 18/12/2025 22:08

gogomomo2 · 18/12/2025 18:59

1, they were very expensive when I was small, many people rented them even. We got a second when I was 10 for the spectrum

My parents rented their TV right up until the 2000s. My dad liked that he could always get someone out to fix it.

Unicornsatonalilo · 18/12/2025 22:09

We didnt have one until I was 12-my grandad didn't want one (I lived with him until he died)

My parents had two (and two vhs players so she could pirate videos from the video shop)

And then my brothers got one each so that made 5 with their own vhs player (i didnt get one)

I read a lot

Ponderingwindow · 18/12/2025 22:09

started with 1. Worked our way up to 4. It was the 80s, but my family was pretty well off for that era.

3 had cable by the time I left for university. 1 was a tiny black and white with rabbit ears and dials to try to fine tune the stations.