<p>Hello, my daughter is an incoming freshman. She is in a double dorm room. I would like to know from past experiences what size of television is suitable. Both girls will be sharing the tv. </p>
<p>I was thinking about a 27 inch. But would like feedback on this issue since her roommate has offered to get the fridge and micro.</p>
<p>A 27 inch TV is more than enough for a dorm room. Keep in mind though that she’ll more than likely be splitting the cost of a TV in years to come when she gets a suite/apartment. It’s up to you if you want to shell out money for a new TV. An old TV laying around the house should be fine.</p>
<p>As a parent, I see little value in a TV in a dorm room. Do they really need to see reruns of The Hills?</p>
<p>The main point of BC is expanding your conversation partners (and a TV mitigates that activity). Thus, I would opt for smaller (Costco has a great deal on a 23" Samsung) to discourage use (and encourage exploration).</p>
<p>expanding your conversation partners? father himes, is that you?</p>
<p>Dear helicoptermom24 : When my oldest (now a rising senior) first attended the Honors Program, both he and his roommate miscommunicated on the television. During the overnight, we ran to one of the local shops, bought a TV with a built in DVD player (about $190 for some no name brand) and they were the hit of the dorm for having a player. My younger (now a rising sophomore) also is part of the Honors Program and had a 25" (roughly) flat screen that worked just fine for all the needs for the year. Both options were fine for Medieros and surely other dorms.</p>
<p>Dear bluebayou : Expanding conversation partners could also include asking someone new “what’s on TV tonight?” Being serious for a moment, with 168 hours per week, some television downtime is likely welcome in the evenings. Both of mine probably use the television more often for big sporting events (world series) and other programming of interest. More often than not, we will get reports of less than one hour per night of television overall.</p>
<p>Social games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band have been known to “expanding your conversation partners” very effectively. Watching reruns and Disney movies is a decent wind down activity, but the students are generally too busy with school work to watch much TV except on some weekends.</p>
<p>Any flat panel TV is decent as the students are more into story than technology, its easier to find room for the smaller 19 and 22 inch models in the dorm than a 42 inch until you get into an apartment.</p>
<p>Our son is going into this 3rd year at BC. Each year, my wife and I got the sense that a TV was viewed by him and his friends as “required equipment” by all the rooms on the floor.</p>
<p>Those with the large flat panel TVs tend to get larger collections of friends gathering to play video games.</p>
<p>In these days and times, a TV-set is no longer necessary now that computers come with the technology needed to watch Internet TV, videos and other free content, including listening to radio and music online. A desktop, and especially a laptop, with a wireless connection or preferred broadband connection can eliminate any limited TV space issues that exist in a dorm room. </p>
<p>The setup is relatively easy when downloading/installing Internet TV software that helps streamline, organize and deliver 1000s of free worldwide sports, movies, TV shows/episodes, news, radio, music videos, and the list goes on, to any computer. </p>
<p>Not only that, but a top Internet TV software package can be used in conjunction with studies and multitasking on a computer. It’s also great for students who are bilingual, multilingual or studying a new language, as there are over 70 countries with TV channels in foreign languages. In fact, using Internet TV software can even help research current affairs in foreign countries, because of news channels and other media available.</p>
<p>Internet TV software that comes with a complete package is easy, quick and cheap to setup on a computer, and it takes the burden out of having to figure out what size TV to bring to college or purchasing a TV.</p>
<p>Just get a small tv. It’s good to have to relax and for movie/sports watching with friends. Having one in the room won’t make your daughter a friendless introvert or negatively impact her experience. The top of the fridge or microwave is a good place to put it. Freshman year my roommate had a TV that was on for hockey/football games and little else.</p>