Gung Hay Fat Choy
Okay, so I know I'm a few days late in wishing my Chinese relatives a happy new year, but I've been so busy this past week I would have forgotten my head if it wasn't already attached.
Last week I spent almost every day in New York, getting headshots done (prepare for the unveiling of my new web site with spiffy new pics), rehearsing for two concerts at the same time, and coming home every night to pass out in exhaustion. I haven't even watched my crack TV, which normally would be okay since I got a TiVo for Christmas (I love my TiVo), but these past couple of weeks, there have been hockey games on at the same time as Lost, and of course, Ray has to TiVo his hockey games and make them a priority over my crack TV (grrrrr). The idea is that I'll program the VCR to tape Lost, and I normally do, except for when I'm so busy I can't remember to go to the bathroom.
So I broke down and bought the episodes on iTunes. I have to watch them on my computer, but with the new flat screen monitor I got for Christmas, I'm all set to go. Ah, technology. What would I have done without you?
Not that I've had time to actually watch said episodes, and I will try to remember to set the VCR to record Lost tonight. It's only $2 an episode, but I'm trying to save money this year, and every penny counts.
2 Comments:
Every time I hear that TiVo can't record 2 shows at once but my ghetto cable company DVR can I am shocked - SHOCKED! What's the point? Can you at least watch something and record something else simultaneously?
Actually, no, I can't. I can watch something I've previously TiVo-ed while something else is being recorded, but I can't change the channel while a program is being recorded.
Actually, we have a cable splitter, and the VCR is on a different feed than the cable/TiVo, so technically we could watch something on the VCR feed, or we could hook the TiVo up to the VCR feed, but then we wouldn't get the pay channels (HBO, Showtime, etc.) on that feed, and really, what's the point of having TiVo on that line?
So I know that's way too complicated an explanation, but it does piss me off that your ghetto cable DVR can do what my neato TiVo can't. On the plus side, my TiVo has a DVD recorder, and that's pretty darn cool. :)
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