(A) if you can get the money together for a piece of land, putting a cob house or lean-to or geodome or any of the other cheap forms of housing becomes much more attainable. Also, you can do it in your spare time while paying rent somewhere in the city or whatever. Look into the permaculture and homesteading subcultures because they're both populated by cheap-ass dreamers without any particular need for luxury.

(B) televisions are cheap these days and surround systems are cheaper. I put a 50" 4K in the birth center for $550 and the surround rig, which has legit in-walls, was like $400. Home-theater-in-a-box systems can be had for under $150. Just make it cool with your roommates and start doing the hosting thing - even if all you have is a shitty 19" television and a nine year old DVD player. Don't wait on stuff to do things with people.

(C) one of my favorite movies is The Terrorist which was shot MOS and overdubbed (not well). So in addition to being subtitled from Tamil it's also over-timed colorwise and has this really sloppy slip between lips and sound. It makes for a trance-like viewing experience.