Death in the Family
I almost forgot to tell you about the "death" that's been changing our lives. Last week, our beloved TiVo died.
We'd seen the signs, but chose to ignore them. First, the occasional pixelation of programming. Then it got worse, and programming would freeze altogether, sometimes for as long as a minute. Then TiVo would record programming but would "lose" it.
Like I said, we chose to pretend nothing was wrong, until Friday morning, when we woke up, and TiVo told us it was searching for service. Several hours later, it was still searching.
But much like the Six Million Dollar Man, we can rebuild him-- better, stronger, faster. We used the Visa gift card that Cory's mom gave us to purchase a TiVo hard drive replacement kit. Yeah, we could have bought a new unit for less money, but that would have meant giving up our "lifetime subscription," which we paid $300 for. Granted, we've already gotten our money's worth out of the subsccription, but buying a whole new unit would mean a new subscription-- which starts at $10-12 a month.
Our new hard drive is scheduled to arrive on Wednesday. With any luck, we'll be able to resurrect our TiVo in time to record My Name is Earl on Thursday night.
We'd seen the signs, but chose to ignore them. First, the occasional pixelation of programming. Then it got worse, and programming would freeze altogether, sometimes for as long as a minute. Then TiVo would record programming but would "lose" it.
Like I said, we chose to pretend nothing was wrong, until Friday morning, when we woke up, and TiVo told us it was searching for service. Several hours later, it was still searching.
But much like the Six Million Dollar Man, we can rebuild him-- better, stronger, faster. We used the Visa gift card that Cory's mom gave us to purchase a TiVo hard drive replacement kit. Yeah, we could have bought a new unit for less money, but that would have meant giving up our "lifetime subscription," which we paid $300 for. Granted, we've already gotten our money's worth out of the subsccription, but buying a whole new unit would mean a new subscription-- which starts at $10-12 a month.
Our new hard drive is scheduled to arrive on Wednesday. With any luck, we'll be able to resurrect our TiVo in time to record My Name is Earl on Thursday night.
Labels: television, the daily grind
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