I haven't  been successful in getting  rid of our family  TVs, but I
keep  trying. My  latest push  is to  just get  rid of  cable, while
keeping DVDs and streaming options. Interestingly I watched far less
television in 1990 than I do now.

>"We need  to do more than  find diversions; we need  to restore and
>expand ourselves.  Our idea of  relaxing is  all too often  to plop
>down in  front of the television  set and let its  pandering idiocy
>liquefy  our  brains.  Shutting  off the  thought  process  is  not
>rejuvenating;  the  mind is  like  a  car battery-it  recharges  by
>running."

 - Bill Waterson, Kenyon College Commencement. May 20, 1990