I read a story as a kid in the 80's about a person or people who had one full-wall-sized TV screen in their room (I think they lived in a room, not an apartment). They got another one, then one more, and of course by the end had all 4 walls become screens, leading to a very passive existence.
I have no recollection of author or title, but this none-too-subtle premise still holds interest for me. Help? Thanks in advance.
There's a short story by Keith Laumer titled The Walls which resembles your description.
It starts with a husband telling his wife he knows that she doesn't like the apartment and he's going to do something about it. No, not move them to the country but to install a full wall television. This then graduates to a second, third and fourth wall to her horror.
I don't remember the full story, but I think she has a transcendent moment where she sees through the televisions and can see everyone just watching television in their homes.
I read the story in a collection that had as the following entry a story called Cocoon where people where completely motionless and virtually helpless yet unaware of it because of how the devices overrode their senses.
