DY: Thanks for your intelligent and honest posts.
SJS: The Internet is horrible. BUT, similarily to DY, I have a filter and use it for my business. AND I have a password. TV is solely for entertainment. So I don’t exactly think the two are interchangeable. If you want to own a TV, then so be it. But don’t go around saying it’s ok.
As for your Rabbi who permits you to own one… Well, there are Conservative Rabbis who “allow” to drive on shabbos. So for “them” it’s muttar.