The Sims 2/Electronics/TVs and Computers

TVs have several different channels. The base game for The Sims 2 includes four channels: SBN, SimStation Dance, KidzTube, and Yummy Channel. Each Sim reacts differently to each channel, depending on their age. Each channel is aimed at a different target age. The Yummy Channel increases a Sim's Cooking skill when they're watching it. Body can be gained from the Work Out interaction. They'll change into their Athletic clothes for this. TVs can break, requiring them to be fixed, increasing the Mechanical skill.
 * SBN: Adults
 * SimStation Dance: Teens
 * KidzTube: Toddlers and Children
 * Yummy Channel: Elders

Computers are an expensive-yet-handy object to have. Sims can use them to find work, order groceries, socialize with other Sims, play games, and write novels to make some money. Computers have to be placed on a table or desk with a dining chair in front in order to be interactable.

Playing games works similar to the game simulator. More games can be purchased from the community-lot-exclusive game racks.

Writing novels builds the Creativity skill, and the quality of the novel depends on your Sim's Creativity skill. It takes several hours to write a novel. The time it takes to write a novel pays off, as even a low-level Creativity Sim can make a few thousand Simoleans from it.

Your Sim can interact with other Sims via the Chat With interaction or Send Email/Receive Email interactions. The difference is that sending and receiving emails not only satisfies Social, but also the Fun need.

The computer is a good place to Find a Job, as there are more jobs available to browse; 5 in compared to the 3 daily slots a newspaper offers.

Ordering groceries on the computer is the same as ordering them over the phone.

Sims can also Find Own Place (aka move out of the current lot) using the computer.

Computers can break down, requiring them to be repaired, which increases Mechanical skill.