<p>would you guys recomend bringing a TV to college... my friend at cornell does not have one, and says when you have free time, theres more fun things to do then watch tv, and its only really really distracting</p>
<p>what do you guys think?</p>
<p>what else do people do in their dorms/lounge area for fun? did someone say ping-pong before?</p>
<p>OMG, I didn't realize that I will be able to play ping pong in college.... That's where I'll be most of the time, hehehehehe</p>
<p>Get a tv tuner card for your computer.</p>
<p>I watch TV on my comptuer, I couldn't imagine a year without sportscenter. It would be nice to have a standalone TV, but I have a nice 20" monitor and don't have the space for a standalone.</p>
<p>Are there external TV tuners for laptops? If so, how much are they? I didn't want to pay the extra $140 to add it onto my laptop, but now i tihnk it may be a good idea to get one.</p>
<p>eh, don't worry about TV. . . .it's overpriced, and there are tons of things I'd rather do. </p>
<p>I would advise bringing a DVD player and your favorite DVDs with you, so if it rains or people are too lazy to go out you can hook it up to one of the lounge TV, pop some popcorn, and hang out. . .</p>
<p>There is cable in the TV lounges if you want. . . .but I've never used it.</p>
<p>I've used my TV maybe 5 times to watch DVDs, I don't think it's necessary.</p>
<p>Is there enough room in the dorms for a TV, (like in the bedroom part, so I can watch C-SPAN, which I assume not many people will want to watch)?</p>
<p>I'd say it depends but almost definately yes. All you TV haters must not understand the need for Sportscenter.</p>
<p>Or C-SPAN for some people... apparently... lol, jk demsoc.</p>
<p>there are TVs in the dorms. I say save your cash for when you can afford a decently sized flatpanel. They're coming down in price, and when you have your own apartment or room in a frat it'll be more important to have a TV than when it's provided in the dorms. Plus it's all about saving space until you have a big house, so once again flat panels have an advantage. So yeah, my advice would be to save for a flatpanel, because you really don't need a TV.</p>
<p>lol...If it's any consolation my favorite show is Countdown with Keith Olbermann (a Cornell grad by the way), and he used to be on Sportscenter.</p>
<p>Anyway, do they get cable in the bedrooms? What's the best size TV for a dorm bedroom?</p>
<p>You can get cable in the bedrooms for a dizzying $30/45 per month, as described [url=<a href="http://www.campuslife.cornell.edu/cutv/%5Dhere%5B/url">http://www.campuslife.cornell.edu/cutv/]here[/url</a>].</p>
<p>wow, that's crazy. Do you know anyone that actually has cable in their room?</p>
<p>yeah several guys in my hall do, but they're certainly the minority.</p>
<p>i would call 30-45 a blessing. at IC, they make us shell out 55 a month for the full cable which isnt even that "full". maybe 70 channels.</p>
<p>If you're in the townhouses, you can get real cable from Time Warner for whatever they regularly charge (and you can get premiums, etc... - you aren't limited to what Cornell decides to provide via CUTV). There is a long wait though, and I and my townhousemates never got around to it.</p>
<p>for the record you can't get direcTV because you're not allowed to "hang anything out your window"</p>
<p>In the townhouses is that different? Or still not allowed to put anything on your roof?</p>
<p>no idea...would you really pick your living arrangement based on TV pricing options?</p>