Thanks to everyone that posted. Here's a new slant. I went to a 4th of July party last night at a fairly wealthy person's house. By my standards it was large, not huge, and very well decorated with nice furniture. We all were invited and encouraged to look around the house and it was a treat. A couple of observations: In the whole house I only saw 1 small TV in the upstairs reading room. Also, almost all of the rooms, including the bathrooms, had small loveseats or sofa's. They did have a couple of recliners in the living room along with other sofa's and chairs. Overall the emphasis of the arrangement of the furniture seemed to be relaxation, social interaction, and reading. In other words, the rooms did not seem to be arranged with the television to be the center of attention.

Also, a lot of the rooms had bookcases. The bookcases weren't filled up but the books were out where you could find them.

Now I know that in most houses I visit they do not have room to put furniture in the bathrooms but almost all social rooms are oriented toward the TV.

Things that make you go hmmmmm?