Are TV points in bedrooms important?

Southend1

I wouldn't have tv in a bedroom, so it wouldn't matter to me

DaftyDuck

TV or no, I wouldn't be disagreeing with my wife!

sulphate

No, we don't watch TV in our bedroom.

freeisgood

Bedrooms are better tv free zones, so no I wouldn't want them either.

Timeflies

I'm viewing houses at the moment, and this has never crossed my mind! I've never had a TV in a bedroom. I figure, if you're awake enough to watch TV, you're awake enough to schlepp yourself all the way to the sofa to watch it!

RichardD1970

Interesting how many don't have TVs in the bedroom, I thought we were in a minority.

Bedrooms are for 2 things only

We've only have one TV in the house, used to have one in the kitchen but got rid when kids got older, as meal time is a chance to catch up with the rest of the family

Owain_Moneysaver

I agree with you.

It costs very little to put the cables in now, and TV & satellite points throughout is an inexpensive way of contributing towards a 'high spec' house.

4 x coax from the dish to the loft, + terrestrial TV aerial
3 x coax from loft to the lounge (2 for Sky+ and a return feed from the Skybox to the loft distribution if wanted)
2 x coax from loft to master bedroom (for 2nd Sky+)
1 x coax to other rooms.

You don't have to buy the multiswitch/loftbox if you don't want it straight away, just leave ample spare cable coiled up and labelled.

Also consider putting in Cat5e cabling as Smart TVs sometimes need a wired connection, and the same cable can be used as a phone line for Sky multiroom boxes.

I've got 8 Cat5 sockets in the master bedroom, but that might be a little excessive.

Burglar alarm wiring might be something else to put in.

Sausage11

Thanks everyone for your useful (but obviously misguided) advice.

Moderators, please delete this thread and I'll pretend it never happened.

:wall:

J_i_m

Definitely wouldn't matter to me.

I suppose some families might want to let children have their own Tv in thier room come a certain age, so in that way it might make sense, but it's not a biggy as table top airels are pretty good these days.

When I get my place of my own, bedroom tv socket won't be any priority at all, as the tv is going in the lounge. And even if I did get a small tv for the bedroom I'd probably hook it up to appleTv anyway.

scottishblondie

It wouldn't be a deal breaker but I would be wanting to install them. If you've got the walls down anyway I would really consider network wiring throughout the house. It's very useful for thing like TV boxes (you view, Apple TV etc.), games consoles and home offices. Terminate all the cables where it makes sense to have the broadband router - a cupboard would probably be neatest!