We have a large screen for the computer and watch bits and pieces online. The disadvantage is it tends to become a solitary activity. We have a tiny tv set for our child to watch cartoons and so on in German, but we have cable only, and CNN is the only thing we have in English, not our style, so we get no use out of the tv ourselves at all. And apart from not really watching cable but having to pay anyway, we have to pay Billag for the right to watch tv or even listen to the radio. We never had to pay so much and recieve so little before. Before you could at least get some more international channels included, but now you must pay extra.