Do it! Go TV free! I can't help with any of the technical details, but I will say that even for a news junkie like me it has been so good not having a TV. We have a large screen for our computer and watch movies etc on that, but, to be honest, there really aren't enough hours in the day to to do all the things we want to do and watch too many movies. As for internet access to news reports etc, there must be ways to get what you want without a TV.

I think no matter what your profession, not having a TV means you will be able to concentrate more on what you would like to be doing instead of finding that you just don't have enough time because you end up watching stuff you weren't that fussed about seeing in the first place.

I know a lot of people also like to use TV for practicing German but you can do that with DVDs as well.

Kate