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On 4/12/2014 9:12 PM, Cheri wrote:
> They were in bed early because they were worn out from running back and > forth changing those channels. ;-) > > Cheri All three network channels? :-D Don't forget kids also got worn out adjusting the rabbit ears on top of the set. LOL I *do* appreciate the clarity of having a hi-def TV these days :) Jill |
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On 4/12/2014 3:56 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2014-04-12 12:23 PM, jmcquown wrote: > >> >> I know you remember when televisions used to be really expensive. They >> were often huge heavy pieces of furniture. > > > They are cheaper now than they were back in the 60s, and that is without > factoring for inflation. You also needed to be technically minded to > keep them running because they needed frequent tube replacements. IIRC, our first TV when we got married in 1966 was about $170 ($1200 in today's money). It was a 29" B&W portable. That was more than a weeks pay back then. A good sized flat screen can be had for just a couple of days pay now. |
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On 4/12/2014 6:12 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> And very often you needed to call a TV repairman, who most times would > also sell you a new tuner... there was no remote back then... to > change channels you had to get up off your ass. That was a super chore! Flipping through all 5 channels or whatever it was. Wasn't really much of a problem deciding on one show. nancy |
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On 4/12/2014 9:51 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 4/12/2014 12:34 PM, Dave Smith wrote: > >> >> Hi def is nice for some things. I have to say that if I watch hockey I >> prefer in in the regular mode. My satellite includes close to 20 HD >> stations. > > Never heard of anyone preferring regular broadcast over HD. I've become > an HD snob and have only HD stations on the customized channel list. Before I had a DVR extender, I'd record shows in SD because they took up so much less room. Otherwise why watch something on the SD channel rather than the HD version. nancy |
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On 4/12/2014 10:04 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 4/12/2014 6:12 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote: > >> And very often you needed to call a TV repairman, who most times would >> also sell you a new tuner... there was no remote back then... to >> change channels you had to get up off your ass. > > That was a super chore! Flipping through all 5 channels or > whatever it was. > > Wasn't really much of a problem deciding on one show. > > nancy > You had FIVE channels? Wow! We only had CBS, NBC, and ABC. I'm not sure there was a PBS station where I lived in those days. ;) Jill |
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On 4/12/2014 10:51 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 4/12/2014 10:04 PM, Nancy Young wrote: >> That was a super chore! Flipping through all 5 channels or >> whatever it was. >> >> Wasn't really much of a problem deciding on one show. > You had FIVE channels? Wow! We only had CBS, NBC, and ABC. I'm not > sure there was a PBS station where I lived in those days. ;) It's all I could think of, you had 2, 4, 7, 11 and 13. And I don't remember what 11 was, if we had it. nancy |
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On 4/12/2014 8:27 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Apr 2014 08:47:51 -0400, jmcquown > > wrote: > >> On 4/12/2014 2:58 AM, sf wrote: >>> On Fri, 11 Apr 2014 21:18:58 -0400, jmcquown > >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> OB Food: Sloppy joes for dinner. >>>> >>> Package or homemade? >>> >>> >> Homemade. >> > I've never made homemade sloppy Joe's that I liked. No one insists you like sloppy joe's, whether made homemade or not. I don't make them very often. Jill |
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On Sat, 12 Apr 2014 23:52:22 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote: > On 4/12/2014 8:27 PM, sf wrote: > > On Sat, 12 Apr 2014 08:47:51 -0400, jmcquown > > > wrote: > > > >> On 4/12/2014 2:58 AM, sf wrote: > >>> On Fri, 11 Apr 2014 21:18:58 -0400, jmcquown > > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> OB Food: Sloppy joes for dinner. > >>>> > >>> Package or homemade? > >>> > >>> > >> Homemade. > >> > > I've never made homemade sloppy Joe's that I liked. > > No one insists you like sloppy joe's, whether made homemade or not. I > don't make them very often. > I LOVE sloppy Joe's. Sadly, I can't replicate what I used to love. -- Good Food. Good Friends. Good Memories. |
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On 4/12/2014 10:06 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> Before I had a DVR extender, I'd record shows in SD because they took > up so much less room. Otherwise why watch something on the SD channel > rather than the HD version. > > nancy > I have the DirecTV Genie. Plenty of space and can record 5 hd shows at a time. |
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"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message ... > Actually kids were not permitted to change channels, TVs were much too > expensive to let kids fiddle with the dials... in most homes "The > Wife" wasn't permitted to touch the TV... Archie would call you a > dingbat and you'd know to tick a lip. Ahahahahaha. . . . My kids were permitted to change the channels, just not choose which channels to watch, of course back then there were just a few VHF and UHF channels and sometimes they had to hold the rabbit ears. ;-) Cheri |
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On 4/12/2014 11:28 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 4/12/2014 10:51 PM, jmcquown wrote: >> On 4/12/2014 10:04 PM, Nancy Young wrote: > >>> That was a super chore! Flipping through all 5 channels or >>> whatever it was. >>> >>> Wasn't really much of a problem deciding on one show. > >> You had FIVE channels? Wow! We only had CBS, NBC, and ABC. I'm not >> sure there was a PBS station where I lived in those days. ;) > > It's all I could think of, you had 2, 4, 7, 11 and 13. And I don't > remember what 11 was, if we had it. > Northern NJ? I think 11 was WPIX, and 5 was the Dumont channel. |
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On 4/13/2014 7:28 AM, S Viemeister wrote:
> On 4/12/2014 11:28 PM, Nancy Young wrote: >> It's all I could think of, you had 2, 4, 7, 11 and 13. And I don't >> remember what 11 was, if we had it. >> > Northern NJ? I think 11 was WPIX, That's right! Of course. > and 5 was the Dumont channel. That name doesn't ring a bell, but that doesn't mean much. We had the one tv, and I don't remember a lot of conflicts over what to watch. nancy |
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On 4/13/2014 12:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 4/12/2014 10:06 PM, Nancy Young wrote: > >> Before I had a DVR extender, I'd record shows in SD because they took >> up so much less room. Otherwise why watch something on the SD channel >> rather than the HD version. > I have the DirecTV Genie. Plenty of space and can record 5 hd shows at > a time. That's a great feature. It's annoying that I can only record two shows at a time. Most of the time not a problem but there's always that one night when a bunch of shows conflict. nancy |
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Nancy Young wrote:
> > On 4/13/2014 12:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: > > On 4/12/2014 10:06 PM, Nancy Young wrote: > > > >> Before I had a DVR extender, I'd record shows in SD because they took > >> up so much less room. Otherwise why watch something on the SD channel > >> rather than the HD version. > > > I have the DirecTV Genie. Plenty of space and can record 5 hd shows at > > a time. > > That's a great feature. It's annoying that I can only record two > shows at a time. Most of the time not a problem but there's always > that one night when a bunch of shows conflict. Do you two watch the recorded shows later though? Back in the days of my VCR, I would often record shows but then never watch them. I was constantly recording over recorded shows that I never watched. I prefer realtime tv now I would like to record a few cooking shows on Saturday mornings though that I love but never have time to watch that early on Saturdays. I'm talking about the two shows featuring that nice fellow that always wear a bow tie. Cook's County, I think and another one that's pretty much the same. G. |
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"Cheri" > wrote in message ... > > "Brooklyn1" > wrote in message > ... >> On Sat, 12 Apr 2014 17:33:33 -0700, "Cheri" > >> wrote: >> >>> >>>"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message ... >>>> On Sat, 12 Apr 2014 15:56:55 -0400, Dave Smith >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>>>On 2014-04-12 12:23 PM, jmcquown wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I know you remember when televisions used to be really expensive. >>>>>> They >>>>>> were often huge heavy pieces of furniture. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>They are cheaper now than they were back in the 60s, and that is >>>>>without >>>>>factoring for inflation. You also needed to be technically minded to >>>>>keep them running because they needed frequent tube replacements. >>>> >>>> And very often you needed to call a TV repairman, who most times would >>>> also sell you a new tuner... there was no remote back then... to >>>> change channels you had to get up off your ass. >>> >>>That's why we had children. :-) >>> >>>Cheri >> >> Back then children were in bed by 8 PM or earlier, and they didn't >> dare give parents any lip for fear of a good lickin'. > > They were in bed early because they were worn out from running back and > forth changing those channels. ;-) lol -- http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/ |
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On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:21:40 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote: >On 4/13/2014 12:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: >> On 4/12/2014 10:06 PM, Nancy Young wrote: >> >>> Before I had a DVR extender, I'd record shows in SD because they took >>> up so much less room. Otherwise why watch something on the SD channel >>> rather than the HD version. > >> I have the DirecTV Genie. Plenty of space and can record 5 hd shows at >> a time. > >That's a great feature. It's annoying that I can only record two >shows at a time. Most of the time not a problem but there's always >that one night when a bunch of shows conflict. > >nancy As far as I know, I can only record one at a time. I can watch one and record another. So if there are two I want to record I do one at the earlier time and the other in the middle of the night when it is repeated. -- Susan N. "Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral, 48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy." Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974) |
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On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:21:40 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote: > On 4/13/2014 12:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: > > On 4/12/2014 10:06 PM, Nancy Young wrote: > > > >> Before I had a DVR extender, I'd record shows in SD because they took > >> up so much less room. Otherwise why watch something on the SD channel > >> rather than the HD version. > > > I have the DirecTV Genie. Plenty of space and can record 5 hd shows at > > a time. > > That's a great feature. It's annoying that I can only record two > shows at a time. Most of the time not a problem but there's always > that one night when a bunch of shows conflict. > There's always On Demand. The problem with that is no fast forwarding through commercials... which is the case with Comcast. -- Good Food. Good Friends. Good Memories. |
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"The Cook" > wrote in message ... > On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:21:40 -0400, Nancy Young > > wrote: > >>On 4/13/2014 12:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: >>> On 4/12/2014 10:06 PM, Nancy Young wrote: >>> >>>> Before I had a DVR extender, I'd record shows in SD because they took >>>> up so much less room. Otherwise why watch something on the SD channel >>>> rather than the HD version. >> >>> I have the DirecTV Genie. Plenty of space and can record 5 hd shows at >>> a time. >> >>That's a great feature. It's annoying that I can only record two >>shows at a time. Most of the time not a problem but there's always >>that one night when a bunch of shows conflict. >> >>nancy > > As far as I know, I can only record one at a time. I can watch one > and record another. So if there are two I want to record I do one at > the earlier time and the other in the middle of the night when it is > repeated. > -- > Susan N. With a DVR? I don't know of any that just let you record one show while watching another, or do you have a VCR? Cheri |
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"sf" > wrote in message ... > On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:21:40 -0400, Nancy Young > > wrote: > >> On 4/13/2014 12:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: >> > On 4/12/2014 10:06 PM, Nancy Young wrote: >> > >> >> Before I had a DVR extender, I'd record shows in SD because they took >> >> up so much less room. Otherwise why watch something on the SD channel >> >> rather than the HD version. >> >> > I have the DirecTV Genie. Plenty of space and can record 5 hd shows at >> > a time. >> >> That's a great feature. It's annoying that I can only record two >> shows at a time. Most of the time not a problem but there's always >> that one night when a bunch of shows conflict. >> > There's always On Demand. The problem with that is no fast forwarding > through commercials... which is the case with Comcast. Really, is that something new? I have had Directv for almost 2 years before which I had Comcast. I could always FF through most shows with commericals, except Fox and ABC I believe it was. Not a good thing if they changed that. I had to laugh when the CEO of Directv said "we have the technology/software for FF with On Demand, but we don't think the customers care about that. Yeah, right! Cheri |
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On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 07:32:57 -0700, "Cheri" >
wrote: > Really, is that something new? I have had Directv for almost 2 years before > which I had Comcast. I could always FF through most shows with commericals, I don't watch much On Demand (or recorded television in general), but we watched Grimm - On Demand last night and hubby didn't FF through the commercials. I think he has said in the past that it's trickier than FFing through a regular DVD recording. > except Fox and ABC I believe it was. Not a good thing if they changed that. > I had to laugh when the CEO of Directv said "we have the technology/software > for FF with On Demand, but we don't think the customers care about that. > Yeah, right! Honestly, it seemed like the commercial "breaks" were as long as the Grimm intervals they flanked. I told hubby it just goes to show how popular the series is when they can get away with that. -- Good Food. Good Friends. Good Memories. |
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On 4/13/2014 9:57 AM, Gary wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote: >> That's a great feature. It's annoying that I can only record two >> shows at a time. Most of the time not a problem but there's always >> that one night when a bunch of shows conflict. > > Do you two watch the recorded shows later though? Back in the days of > my VCR, I would often record shows but then never watch them. I was > constantly recording over recorded shows that I never watched. Those bleeping VCR tapes, if you could find the one with your show, good like finding the beginning if you had more than one show, then you find you ran out of tape or you accidentally recorded over something else. DVR is nothing like that. Yes, most of the time I watch the shows I record, only in a blue moon do I just erase them. Otherwise they sit there, all indexed and waiting for me. The day I got a load of DVRs, I never looked back. > I prefer realtime tv now Not me, it's safe to say I watch almost nothing live. And even if I did, I can pause or rewind if I missed something. > I would like to record a few cooking shows on Saturday mornings though > that I love but never have time to watch that early on Saturdays. I'm > talking about the two shows featuring that nice fellow that always > wear a bow tie. Cook's County, I think and another one that's pretty > much the same. America's Test Kitchen. I like both of those shows, too. I don't watch too many cooking shows anymore. I'm not big on cupcake contests or whatever. nancy |
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On 4/13/2014 10:12 AM, The Cook wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:21:40 -0400, Nancy Young > > wrote: >> That's a great feature. It's annoying that I can only record two >> shows at a time. Most of the time not a problem but there's always >> that one night when a bunch of shows conflict. > As far as I know, I can only record one at a time. I can watch one > and record another. So if there are two I want to record I do one at > the earlier time and the other in the middle of the night when it is > repeated. That's really helpful, I record a lot of stuff in the middle of the night. You can record two things at a time, but you can't watch a third show live at the same time. That's because it's recording the live show while you're watching it, and that counts as 1 of 2 shows you can record at the same time. How badly did I mangle that explanation. Heh. nancy |
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On 4/13/2014 10:13 AM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:21:40 -0400, Nancy Young > > wrote: >> That's a great feature. It's annoying that I can only record two >> shows at a time. Most of the time not a problem but there's always >> that one night when a bunch of shows conflict. >> > There's always On Demand. The problem with that is no fast forwarding > through commercials... which is the case with Comcast. Yes, Fios has a great number of shows On Demand, too. Also you can find a lot of shows online. nancy |
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On 4/13/2014 10:32 AM, Cheri wrote:
> > "sf" > wrote in message >> There's always On Demand. The problem with that is no fast forwarding >> through commercials... which is the case with Comcast. > > Really, is that something new? I have had Directv for almost 2 years > before which I had Comcast. I could always FF through most shows with > commericals, except Fox and ABC I believe it was. Not a good thing if > they changed that. When I had Comcast, On Demand was so slow to load I never watched it. But with Fios, no, you can't ff through commercials. Same if you watch something online. > I had to laugh when the CEO of Directv said "we have > the technology/software for FF with On Demand, but we don't think the > customers care about that. Yeah, right! Suuurre. Then they play the same two commercials 4 times. I understand that commercials pay for the shows, but how many times do I have to watch the same ones on every show. nancy |
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On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 11:09:21 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote: > America's Test Kitchen. Speaking of ATK. I saw one last night where they combined white Cabot cheddar, brie and wine to make a cheese filling for "grown-up" grilled cheese sandwiches. Boy, did it look good! You have to sign in first and it looks like you can view from almost anywhere in the world. https://www.americastestkitchen.com/...ar-and-shallot The short version: Look for a cheddar aged for about one year (avoid cheddar aged for longer because it won’t melt well). Ingredients 7 ounces aged cheddar cheese, cut into 24 equal pieces, room temperature 2 ounces Brie cheese, rind removed 2 tablespoons dry white wine or vermouth 4 teaspoons minced shallot (whizzed in a food processor) -- Good Food. Good Friends. Good Memories. |
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On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 11:13:40 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote: > On 4/13/2014 10:13 AM, sf wrote: > > On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:21:40 -0400, Nancy Young > > > wrote: > > >> That's a great feature. It's annoying that I can only record two > >> shows at a time. Most of the time not a problem but there's always > >> that one night when a bunch of shows conflict. > >> > > There's always On Demand. The problem with that is no fast forwarding > > through commercials... which is the case with Comcast. > > Yes, Fios has a great number of shows On Demand, too. Also you can > find a lot of shows online. > I've never enjoyed watching television shows on my computer, so that is one case where using a Chromecast dongle to stream them on the TV would work for me. -- Good Food. Good Friends. Good Memories. |
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On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 11:16:48 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote: > Then they play the same two commercials 4 times. > > I understand that commercials pay for the shows, but how many times > do I have to watch the same ones on every show. I totally agree! -- Good Food. Good Friends. Good Memories. |
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On 4/13/2014 11:31 AM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 11:13:40 -0400, Nancy Young > > wrote: >> >> Yes, Fios has a great number of shows On Demand, too. Also you can >> find a lot of shows online. >> > I've never enjoyed watching television shows on my computer, so that > is one case where using a Chromecast dongle to stream them on the TV > would work for me. I have a wire up here, goes from my pc to my tv. nancy |
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On Sat, 12 Apr 2014 22:04:04 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote: >On 4/12/2014 6:12 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote: > >> And very often you needed to call a TV repairman, who most times would >> also sell you a new tuner... there was no remote back then... to >> change channels you had to get up off your ass. > >That was a super chore! Flipping through all 5 channels or >whatever it was. > >Wasn't really much of a problem deciding on one show. > >nancy And between 11:30 PM and 6:00 AM all you could watch was a pattern and hear it buzzzzzz. Our first TV was in 1948, an 11" Dumont in a nice furniture console, they were very expensive, probably well over $500. Looked something like this: http://www.antiqueradio.org/art/DuMo...shedMedium.jpg |
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On Sat, 12 Apr 2014 23:28:56 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote: >On 4/12/2014 10:51 PM, jmcquown wrote: >> On 4/12/2014 10:04 PM, Nancy Young wrote: > >>> That was a super chore! Flipping through all 5 channels or >>> whatever it was. >>> >>> Wasn't really much of a problem deciding on one show. > >> You had FIVE channels? Wow! We only had CBS, NBC, and ABC. I'm not >> sure there was a PBS station where I lived in those days. ;) > >It's all I could think of, you had 2, 4, 7, 11 and 13. And I don't >remember what 11 was, if we had it. > >nancy There was channel 5 and 9 too. But location affected what channels one could receive... in NYC one could receive all channels with a good roof antenna. |
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On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:19:07 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote: >On 4/13/2014 7:28 AM, S Viemeister wrote: >> On 4/12/2014 11:28 PM, Nancy Young wrote: > >>> It's all I could think of, you had 2, 4, 7, 11 and 13. And I don't >>> remember what 11 was, if we had it. >>> >> Northern NJ? I think 11 was WPIX, > >That's right! Of course. > >> and 5 was the Dumont channel. > >That name doesn't ring a bell, but that doesn't mean much. > >We had the one tv, and I don't remember a lot of conflicts >over what to watch. > >nancy Because back then grade school kids were in bed by 8 PM. |
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"Cheri" > wrote in message ... > > "sf" > wrote in message > ... >> On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:21:40 -0400, Nancy Young >> > wrote: >> >>> On 4/13/2014 12:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: >>> > On 4/12/2014 10:06 PM, Nancy Young wrote: >>> > >>> >> Before I had a DVR extender, I'd record shows in SD because they took >>> >> up so much less room. Otherwise why watch something on the SD >>> >> channel >>> >> rather than the HD version. >>> >>> > I have the DirecTV Genie. Plenty of space and can record 5 hd shows >>> > at >>> > a time. >>> >>> That's a great feature. It's annoying that I can only record two >>> shows at a time. Most of the time not a problem but there's always >>> that one night when a bunch of shows conflict. >>> >> There's always On Demand. The problem with that is no fast forwarding >> through commercials... which is the case with Comcast. > > Really, is that something new? I have had Directv for almost 2 years > before which I had Comcast. I could always FF through most shows with > commericals, except Fox and ABC I believe it was. Not a good thing if they > changed that. I had to laugh when the CEO of Directv said "we have the > technology/software for FF with On Demand, but we don't think the > customers care about that. Yeah, right! > We've had Comcast since we moved back here. I've never used On Demand. I think Angela has used it a few times. Will have to ask her about the commercials. |
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"Nancy Young" > wrote in message ... > On 4/13/2014 10:32 AM, Cheri wrote: >> >> "sf" > wrote in message > >>> There's always On Demand. The problem with that is no fast forwarding >>> through commercials... which is the case with Comcast. >> >> Really, is that something new? I have had Directv for almost 2 years >> before which I had Comcast. I could always FF through most shows with >> commericals, except Fox and ABC I believe it was. Not a good thing if >> they changed that. > > When I had Comcast, On Demand was so slow to load I never watched > it. But with Fios, no, you can't ff through commercials. Same if > you watch something online. > I do know about the slow to load. I have gotten into it accidentally a few times. And then I can't get back out until it has loaded. PITA! >> I had to laugh when the CEO of Directv said "we have >> the technology/software for FF with On Demand, but we don't think the >> customers care about that. Yeah, right! > > Suuurre. Then they play the same two commercials 4 times. > > I understand that commercials pay for the shows, but how many times > do I have to watch the same ones on every show. The one hospital I was in had Direct TV. I hated it! Some of the shows that I normally watch were on at odd times. I think they used East Coast times. |
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On 4/13/2014 12:19 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > And between 11:30 PM and 6:00 AM all you could watch was a pattern and > hear it buzzzzzz. Don't forget the test pattern! Even when I was a teenager (no cable in our area) the stations went off the air at midnight. In the US they'd play the Star Spangled Banner then, gone until the next morning. > Our first TV was in 1948, an 11" Dumont in a nice > furniture console, they were very expensive, probably well over $500. > Looked something like this: > http://www.antiqueradio.org/art/DuMo...shedMedium.jpg > My parents had a console in the early 1960's. It had a record player at one end and a black & white TV at the other. Jill |
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On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 00:48:32 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>On 4/12/2014 10:06 PM, Nancy Young wrote: > >> Before I had a DVR extender, I'd record shows in SD because they took >> up so much less room. Otherwise why watch something on the SD channel >> rather than the HD version. >> >> nancy >> > >I have the DirecTV Genie. Plenty of space and can record 5 hd shows at >a time. That could be more than 40 hours of TV a week, probably more, even zipping through the commercials when do you find time to watch them, and you work full time, there aren't that many hours in a day. I stopped DVRing because it wasn't long I'd fill the memory and never found time to watch many, and by the time I'd get around to watching something it was dated.... there're TV shows on 24/7, even if I stayed awake all night I wouldn't be able to watch everything I'd DVR... for a while I was deleting shows just so I'd have room to DVR newer shows and still didn't have time to watch them... that's when I said who needs this addiction and stopped DVRing. I have a TV on 24/7 but I don't watch much, it's more for background sound... for me TV is the best sleeping pill... I can get into bed at 9 PM, put on a movie and be out before ten minutes passes... I can't remember the last time I watched an entire movie on TV, has to be a couple decades. There's a awful lot on TV nowadays but not much of value, I'm much more into quality than quantity. I'd rather do a crossword puzzle than waste my time watching the crapola TV shows on these days. About all I'll watch are some Nat Geos and lots of those are too far out, I'm really not interested in how life will be in the next century, I won't be here. |
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On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:21:40 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote: >On 4/13/2014 12:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: >> On 4/12/2014 10:06 PM, Nancy Young wrote: >> >>> Before I had a DVR extender, I'd record shows in SD because they took >>> up so much less room. Otherwise why watch something on the SD channel >>> rather than the HD version. > >> I have the DirecTV Genie. Plenty of space and can record 5 hd shows at >> a time. > >That's a great feature. It's annoying that I can only record two >shows at a time. Most of the time not a problem but there's always >that one night when a bunch of shows conflict. > >nancy But how do you find time to watch them all, you don't do anything else, not even sleep? |
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On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 10:12:08 -0400, The Cook >
wrote: >On Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:21:40 -0400, Nancy Young > wrote: > >>On 4/13/2014 12:48 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: >>> On 4/12/2014 10:06 PM, Nancy Young wrote: >>> >>>> Before I had a DVR extender, I'd record shows in SD because they took >>>> up so much less room. Otherwise why watch something on the SD channel >>>> rather than the HD version. >> >>> I have the DirecTV Genie. Plenty of space and can record 5 hd shows at >>> a time. >> >>That's a great feature. It's annoying that I can only record two >>shows at a time. Most of the time not a problem but there's always >>that one night when a bunch of shows conflict. >> >>nancy > >As far as I know, I can only record one at a time. I can watch one >and record another. So if there are two I want to record I do one at >the earlier time and the other in the middle of the night when it is >repeated. My cable box allows me to record two shows at the same time but there are gadgets available that allow recording I think up to five at a time, maybe more these days... but when would I watch them? |
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"sf" > wrote in message ... > Honestly, it seemed like the commercial "breaks" were as long as the > Grimm intervals they flanked. I told hubby it just goes to show how > popular the series is when they can get away with that. I believe that's true. Cheri |
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"Nancy Young" > wrote in message ... > On 4/13/2014 10:32 AM, Cheri wrote: >> >> "sf" > wrote in message > >>> There's always On Demand. The problem with that is no fast forwarding >>> through commercials... which is the case with Comcast. >> >> Really, is that something new? I have had Directv for almost 2 years >> before which I had Comcast. I could always FF through most shows with >> commericals, except Fox and ABC I believe it was. Not a good thing if >> they changed that. > > When I had Comcast, On Demand was so slow to load I never watched > it. But with Fios, no, you can't ff through commercials. Same if > you watch something online. > >> I had to laugh when the CEO of Directv said "we have >> the technology/software for FF with On Demand, but we don't think the >> customers care about that. Yeah, right! > > Suuurre. Then they play the same two commercials 4 times. > > I understand that commercials pay for the shows, but how many times > do I have to watch the same ones on every show. > > nancy What annoys me a lot is with On Demand with Directv if you happen to reverse to check something you might have missed, they won't let you FF from there to where you were either. Cheri |
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"Nancy Young" > wrote in message ... > On 4/13/2014 10:32 AM, Cheri wrote: >> >> "sf" > wrote in message > >>> There's always On Demand. The problem with that is no fast forwarding >>> through commercials... which is the case with Comcast. >> >> Really, is that something new? I have had Directv for almost 2 years >> before which I had Comcast. I could always FF through most shows with >> commericals, except Fox and ABC I believe it was. Not a good thing if >> they changed that. > > When I had Comcast, On Demand was so slow to load I never watched > it. But with Fios, no, you can't ff through commercials. Same if > you watch something online. When I had Comcast, I didn't have a DVR, just went to the On Demand feature and watched whatever I wanted to from there, no downloading or anything, but I think they've changed some, since my friend told me they are now charging for watching a series like Mad Men, where before you could watch as many as you wanted and lots of free movies. Always something raising the prices too. Cheri |
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