Is there a size limit on TVs at most college dorms?

[lucyanna girl]

I am planning on getting my DD a new flat screen television for Christmas. She is a junior in high school. Since she will be leaving for college way too soon I am wondering how large a TV most dorms allow. She plans on going to LSU.

Meanwhile she will be using this television as the monitor on her computer. She does a lot of photography editing.

Thanks,

Penny

 

[FSUDisneyGirl]

I would guess no. I mean, if her roommate doesn't have any room, I could see it being a problem...but her roommate will prob. be happy with a nice tv.

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

I don't know if colleges have a size limit on TVs but space is typically at a premium. And most dorms don't allow things to be posted on walls either.

For a specific school, most colleges have a dorm/residence life FAQ section about what you can and cannot bring. Have you checked the LSU website for something like that?

 

[DVCLiz]

My daughter's roommate brought the TV the first two years. She switched roommates last year so I got her a new TV for Christmas.

In all of her rooms they had have about a 26 inch flat screen, I believe. The first two years they put it on the top of one of their dressers. This year they have a different kind of table in their room but the TV still fits on top of it.

I wouldn't get one of those wall -size "man cave" TVs, but anything "normal" size should be fine. The flat screens are SOOOOO much easier to carry in and out of dorm rooms!!!!! If you have room, save the box and the wrapping foam it comes in - it will be MUCH easier to pack back and forth from college if you have the box.

 

[lucyanna girl]

Thanks, a 26 inch is about what I have in mind. Big enough to watch comfortably but not too big to move easily.

Penny

 

[mamacatnv]

Thanks, a 26 inch is about what I have in mind. Big enough to watch comfortably but not too big to move easily.

Penny

That is what my DS has in his dorm room we had to do some rearranging to get an optimum location but it works. He uses it for DVD's and Xbox, he opted not to purchase the cable that the local company provides. For true tv watching he heads to the lounge or comes home!

DS's Univ. had a list of things allowed, along with wattages etc. for the dorms. There were no TV restrictions

 

[golfgal]

I didn't know you could use a flat screen tv as a computer monitor--cool.

 

[NotUrsula]

As a veteran of LSU dorms, I think I can contribute something here ...

Does she know which building/area she's wanting to try? The newer dorms (the ones near the Rec Complex and the lake, and also Broussard) have built-in furniture that does not move. Some of those rooms may have a hard time accomodating a monitor that size because of the bookshelves mounted above the desks. The older dorms (the ones with window a/c, including the old "women's horseshoe" and the Pentagon buildings) have freestanding furniture and slightly more square footage in each room -- a monitor that size would work better in those. (The older dorms are popular for loft-building to manufacture extra space, because they have high ceilings from the era when they were not air-conditioned.)

McVoy is a special case, it has a bench desk on one side of a dividing wall and the beds on the other, with the closet doors running all along the wall at the foot of the beds; it would be all but impossible to multi-purpose a TV/monitor in those rooms, because you couldn't sit anywhere but the desk to use it, and the front door of the room is all of 3 feet behind the desk. (McVoy is popular for the closet space. It also has storage bins under the beds.)

No LSU dorm would allow a fixed wall-mount for a flat-screen TV; it would have to go on top of the desk. (There are no free-standing dressers provided in LSU dorms, except Blake. You are allowed to bring them if you live in the older dorms, but the newer ones with the built-ins don't have room.)

If you live in a newer suburban home, the odds are that the room that your DD will be sharing will be smaller than the one that she occupies now. Here is the chart of the room sizes and the dimensions of the provided furniture.
http://appl003.lsu.edu/slas/reslifeweb.nsf/$Content/Acadian+Hall/$file/Hall_dimensions+new.pdf

In any case, I definitely would NOT go larger than 26". It's hard to look at a really large flat-screen from too close up.