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It would never occur to me to have a television on.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Karen Climer
Orlando, FL
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Bruce Walter
West Lafayette, IN
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Anna "Banana" Kruchten
Phoenix, AZ
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Greg Large
Grove City, OH
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Ray Henson
Elk Grove, CA
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
2,781,173
I once toured a home with a large screen tv playing a Disney movie. It looked and sounded good however what does it have to do with the home?
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Jeff Dowler, CRS
Carlsbad, CA
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Anna "Banana" Kruchten
Phoenix, AZ
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Andrew Mooers | 207.53...
Houlton, ME
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Ray Henson
Elk Grove, CA
1,311,397
This seems more appropriate for a blog since it is interesting but I did not see a question.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Karen Climer
Orlando, FL
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Greg Large
Grove City, OH
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Ray Henson
Elk Grove, CA
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
1,502,998
Well said. Out here the "box brownies" tend to put a nature scene on the TV during the editing process.
I did once have a picture of the TV on in a listing. It was the court room scene of "My Cousin Vinny" and was of Fred Guinn (Herman Munster) as the judge, during Marisa Tomei's best scene of the movie, if not her acting career. It brought someone out to the open house who almost wrote on the home.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Anna "Banana" Kruchten
Phoenix, AZ
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Andrew Mooers | 207.53...
Houlton, ME
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Ray Henson
Elk Grove, CA
2,178,603
Hi Andrew,
I agree on all counts. I did notice in your School Street video the news was on the TV. I wondered about that at the time.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Anna "Banana" Kruchten
Phoenix, AZ
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Andrew Mooers | 207.53...
Houlton, ME
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Ray Henson
Elk Grove, CA
2,061,814
Unless the Bears were in the Superbowl it would never even occur to me to have a large flatscreen on during a showing or openhouse.
I have, on occasion, used the flatscreen to access some 'music channel' to have soft music playing in the family room (ie: jazz, or some elevator muzak). But otherwise, you're right. The boob tube stays off.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Karen Climer
Orlando, FL
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Anna "Banana" Kruchten
Phoenix, AZ
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Andrew Mooers | 207.53...
Houlton, ME
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Ray Henson
Elk Grove, CA
7,836,139
Good advice.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Anna "Banana" Kruchten
Phoenix, AZ
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Andrew Mooers | 207.53...
Houlton, ME
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Ray Henson
Elk Grove, CA
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John Juarez
Fremont, CA
693,775
I would keep the news off for sure. If I had a nice music channel, I might have it on for a little background musing.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Anna "Banana" Kruchten
Phoenix, AZ
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Andrew Mooers | 207.53...
Houlton, ME
1,076,551
Fox news on in one room, CNN on in the next. Equality and CoExist bumper stickers on the cars in the parking lot, with a rainbow colored MAGA hat on the hat rack as you walk into the property. John Lennon's "Imagine" playing in the background with Ron Paul "End the Fed" posters in the study.
Keep em' guessing.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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David M. Dwares
Fort Lauderdale, FL
2,684,109
I had a listing where the lady left "CNN" on all day long, on a big TV. "Oh, I never turn that off". Me: "Well, you will start turning it off now, thank you!"
Other listing... some kind of weird new age / jazz music playing all the time. Same story...."You like that music, great, but it is distracting people who are looking at the house. Please turn it off when you go to work in the morning."
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
417,221
Neutral is best: no politics, news, religious, even music is subjective...
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
6,393,494
Good advice.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Andrew Mooers | 207.53...
Houlton, ME
3,587,960
I can't remember a time when we had the TV intentionally. Our photographer may photo shop a bit and insert a golf course scene on the TV or green up the grass a tad but that's about it.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
427,257
I would tend to agree with you, and keeping the TV off. If I have to have something on, I will typically play some sort of lite instrumental music, nothing for potential buyers to stop and gawk at, or pay too much attention to while they are visiting.
I also agree with John Juarez, I'd make this a blog post, rather than a question.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
5,216,409
Leave it off and to the imagination of the viewer!
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
1,052,211
This is a blog post and a good one.
TV should not be on in general! I have mine on music channel usually . . . in a listing even that is risky. Not everyone likes spa jazz . . . LOL
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
901,535
I've had clients leave instrumental music on but that's it. Even that is rare.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
1,197,152
I watch the golf channel during open houses.. Just to stay busy ... in the old days. These days I am too busy.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
1,844,301
I do not have the TV on. Most of the time they can be complicated & I wouldn't want to mess it up for the seller.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
921,504
There are few things uglier than that big black square.
The good news is ALL of us can fill that screen with a very curated message are information or entertainment or solutions.
I run the "FULL" version of the home tour.
Or a slide show of images of my choice.
Or, if the property is 'well seeded' have a video playing that articulates solutions available.
I would NEVER allow a situation where unknown messaging can occur.
And YES I would include decor and messaging that allows the seller to allow visitors to 'self-select.' If the owner suggests this is a great place to raise a family and they desire to 'pass it forward' I would not remove the family photos from the walls.
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
337,854
If the tv must be on- it should be on a music station- classical or a mellow jazz has not offended anyone...even if it's not the buyers style of music- I never had a buyer distracted by low music volume classical or jazz. Given that I live on the border of Sugar Hill where so many of the jazz legends have lived or visited- it's typically Jazz up here, while the Upper West Side tends to lean more toward classical music.
1,153,794
TV's are here to stay so if you don't have controversial content playing you should be OK. A good documentary should suffice without too much heartache from the peanut gallery.
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