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Loving the TiVo HD

Posted by Chief Oddball on Friday, January 11th, 2008 in Media, Television

After all the hell I went through to get it working, I have to say that Apple and I are really loving the TiVo HD. The other day we went through the list of upcoming HD movies and selected several to record. There were a few others that I thought about recording, but [...]

TiVolution!

Posted by Chief Oddball on Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 in Media, Television

Today was Comcast’s third (and last) chance at sending a technician out to put working CableCARDs in my TiVo HD — last chance, that is, before I escalated it up to a supervisor. Fortunately, with about 15 minutes left to spare before the expiration of the appointment window, the tech appeared at the door.
The [...]

Komcast Kops

Posted by Chief Oddball on Saturday, January 5th, 2008 in Media, Quick Takes, Rants, Television

Comcast missed my third CableCARD service call today. This is the second appointment in a row where the tech just plain hasn’t shown up, despite assurances to the contrary. Last time I had the 5pm-9pm window. Today I had the 1pm-5pm window. For my newly-rescheduled appointment, set for Wednesday the 9th, [...]

TiVo Bliss Postponed Again…

Posted by Chief Oddball on Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 in Media, Quick Takes, Television

The cable guy never showed up for my CableCARD reinstallation appointment yesterday, so I had to call up and reschedule for later. The soonest I could get was Saturday. At first they offered me the damned 5pm-9pm slot again, but I demanded something else and they immediately gave me 1pm-5pm on the same [...]

TiVo HD, Comcast and CableCARDs

Posted by Chief Oddball on Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 in Media, Television

First off, welcome to 2008. I mostly don’t do New Year’s resolutions, but if I were to make one, it would be “post on Oddball Update more often.” I seem to have mostly gotten the rest of my house in order, at least in terms of no longer working myself to death, trying [...]