Few things in life are more pleasurable than stopping a telemarketer dead in their tracks. Telling a cable or satellite TV telemarketer that you don't own a TV is one way. And during the next few instants in which they scan their script to find a possible response you have the perfect window of time to interject a polite "thanks for calling" and hang up. Technically I DO own a TV, however it is relegated to monitor duties for a DVD player and Sony Playstation in my daughters room. It's not that I am against TV, I enjoy watching sports or sitcoms or whatever with friends. It's just that I don't miss it when It's not around. It's really like a deeply jaded apathy toward the whole media platform. Writer strike? Tell somebody who cares bud. I do however enjoy watching movies and listening to music, and while I am not an audiophile per say, laptop and computer speakers in my budget range are tinny at best.