no more vicar but a diver instead

[sergebroom]

Last night, I unplugged our ailing and failing VCR. In its place now resides a DVR, which I managed to hook up fairly easily. The only problem was that the TV set would show only static. A call to Comcast's tech support this morning revealed that all I had to do was to switch the TV set th Channel 3. Now, all I have to do is learn how to use this newfangled contraption.

It feels strange to see a technology become obsolete. Of course, having been born in 1955, I've seen plenty of technology come and go. For example, I have fond memories of 8-track tapedecks. And portables tapedecks were my joy in the days before VCRs, when I'd set the deck in front of the TV's speaker and record the whole soundtrack, dialogue and all, so that I could play back my favorite movies as often as I wished.

It's a good thing I still have a TV/VCR elsewhere in the house, otherwise I'd be unable to watch the tapes of those MST3K movies that were never released on DVD.

Comments

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

It looks like I'm going to have to replace my plain VCR soon because my cable company is going all digital in a few months. They'll give me one box, which I'll use for the TV itself, and the DVD/VCR already has a digital tuner (I watch most things through that), but I'd have to rent a box for the plain VCR.

Having said that, do you have to pay your cable company for the DVR and does it have a digital tuner?

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

We pay $15 more per month, which isn't too bad, considering that this is more practical than a VCR. And they throw in some music channels.

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

Well, I can buy another DVD/VCR with digital tuner for 10 months of that and I would expect to have it longer, so I don't think I'll go that way. I'm not that fond of Comcast to start with, and they fired Ulrika's husband today, too.

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry about Ulrika's hubby. My best wishes.