<p>It's around the season where I start to drop hints to my parents as to what I want for a graduation present and at the top of my list is a TV i can put in my room. Now I know that Court and Mews are the only ones wth cable and I want to stay in Balch so would it be stupid to even bring a TV? Do ppl at Cornell even have time for watchng TV?</p>
<p>I would like to know the answer to this too! Mostly for movie watching tho...although I wonder if there would even be room??</p>
<p>My friend from high school who attended Cornell (class of '07), lived in Donlon said she didn't have a TV freshmen year. She said she was better off that way because she was busy all the time anyway and it served as a big distraction to the kids who did have them.</p>
<p>But I should add that I probably will end up taking one anyway because I love to watch movies. :)</p>
<p>LOL...well I guess there's no point in bringing a tv, all I need is a sleeping bag and pillow since I plan to live in the library.</p>
<p>i had (and have) a tv (i lived in donlon last yr too) and it was great. I hooked my laptop up to my TV and watch movies i was "shared" ;-) it's a lot better than watching it on my laptop screen.</p>
<p>plus, i get fox so i can watch friends and will and grace late at night</p>
<p>is fox the only channel you can get?</p>
<p>Who cares? Fox is the only channel I need.</p>
<p>Gotta love the Simpsons...</p>
<p>Fox and ABC for me.. I need my Desperate Housewives lol</p>
<p>YES what would life be without desperate housewives??????????</p>
<p>Along those lines, does it help to have a TV in your room if you are taking a film- or TV-related writing seminar? Is it necessary? Do you get HBO?</p>
<p>If you're getting a new computer, theres this thing called "Windows Media Center" or something. you can watch tv on your computer through a cable hook up and everything, plus do all your mp3s and stuff. you can "TiVo" stuff to your hard drive too. Thats always an option. Instead of a TV, splurge on a nice computer monitor</p>
<p>Thats hot...can you get like wireless cable though? LOL Or maybe a mini-satellite!!!! :)</p>
<p>lets not ask for TOO much here...</p>
<p>I've definitely heard of what you're talking about, Sparticus. My dad got a new iMac setup and he has something called iTV which is the same thing.</p>
<p>OK well then PC ppl and mac ppl can get it! score I think i'm definitely going with that. My grad present will probably end up being a frickin sweet computer. I want 2GB RAM so i can do like 1000 things at once...</p>
<p>just be careful what you download. there was a virus epidemic last year, and many people had their internet cut off.</p>
<p>Notron Antivirus
Spybot Search and Destroy
Adaware by Lavasoft</p>
<p>3 of my favorite programs!</p>
<p>you can easily rent a projector from the library. thats one reason i love cornell. great library. they offer rentals including cameras and video recorders</p>
<p>Sparticus, what about bandwidth limitations imposed by the school? Many colleges, in an effort to crackdown on illegal downloading (you know this is) have limited bandwidth/month at like 2 gigs or something. At 350-450 megs/episode, TiVoing stuff will quickly push you over the limit. I wonder if its possible to get broadband through any cable TV connections, however....</p>