My wife wanted a TV in the bedroom.  I said absolutely not.  No.  No Way.  I knew that if the TV was in the bedroom, it would be on before bed every night.  Romance would go out the window. 

It is an amazing phenomenon: when the TV goes on, you can almost hear the sucking sound as it draws you into a time warp.  Pretty soon, instead of any kind of romance, you're both saying: "Oh my! It's already midnight?! We'd better get to sleep."  That statement is often followed by "I am so tired, hunny - I can't even think about romance let alone sex."  And that's when the TV is in the living room!  So much for romance.  So: I say, Turn Off The TV for Romance!

As far as a TV in the bedroom, Italian psychologist and sexologist Serenella Salomoni has conducted an experiment with 523 couples and the effects of TVs in the bedroom.  She found that those who had the TV in the bedroom had sex on average once a week.  You say you want more romance?  Then get this: those couples who kept the TV out of the bedroom had sex on average of twice a week. 

And if you're in your 50's it gets even more interesting.  Dr. Salomoni found that without the TV, people in their 50's had sex 7 times each month, on average.  With the TV in the bedroom, the frequency of such romance was reduced to 1.5 times per month!

So: for double the romance and sex (or more), I would gladly toss the TV out of my bedroom (if I had allowed it in there in the first place).