I trust Fred will get the biggest kick out of this…

It’s official. Daniel and Richard have finally caught up to the Jones’. Well, at least as far as cable service. That’s right, we picked up our new HD-DVR converter box today. We can now pause, fast forward, rewind, and best of all record TV. Finally. (I love it! I love it! I love it! I love it!)

It took a bit of work. First of all our online request wouldn’t go thru. We had to call. Then, the phone guy suggested we just drive over and trade it in. The local store is “easy to get to”. Erm. No. It’s not. We drove for a half an hour, called for directions, drove some more, and called again. I should have MapQuested before we left. Sheesh! But we get the box home and plug him in. Supposedly after a half an hour he’s good to go. Not so much. So I unplug him and plug him back, then I have to leave. I had that work thing, but on the way I call to warn Richard that he has to go home and call tech support. Hours (and I do mean hours…) later I get home. Turns out there was no progress with tech support. We have an appointment on Friday for a guy to come out.

This doesn’t work for me. I mean great that we got the appointment, but I can’t leave it alone. My OCD made me get in behind that TV and try everything. I plug shit in, unplug it, plug it in a new combination. I went crazy. I did succeed tho! I got it to download it’s info and turn on. Wee! But then there was another error. I called tech again. But now it works! And TV is better, crisper, and brighter!! Supposedly we had HDTV before, but I wonder if it was the good stuff. Our TV looks amazing now!

And, I totally paused it when I went pee. Hahahahha! Fun stuff. I kept the appointment for the guy to come out tho. I think there are connection issues based on our Pay Per View experiences with the last box. Better to fix it all now before holiday hours at work start and I miss my shows…

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