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Perhaps you could "hide" your TV by mounting it on the wall inside a cabinet or something that you can cover when not in use? This site has some ideas.

But I also like Brooksyonce's idea about adding artwork around the TV, that way it becomes moving art of a sort amongst the other artwork.

This is pretty much what saucefiend said but here's a visual reference.

How much actual dining do you do with the dining table? If not a lot I would suggest the same as Florida Joyce said and nix the table to help increase valuable space and perhaps get something like an nesting coffee table that has two ottomans in it that people can sit on and perhaps use it to put drinks/food on, then add a couple of chairs for seating and perhaps get some TV trays or something that you can store and bring out when company arrives but the nesting tables that Florida Joyce said are also a good idea.