The New TV Saga isn't over!

Last month I bought hubby a new TV for his sports viewing. The old TV and the TV stand belonged to our kids. It has served its purpose. It's tough to view the scores when they are off the screen on the old, non-high definition, square TV. It's not a huge new TV, just the right size (32") to fit into the TV stand. It took awhile to hook up the cables, but I did it!

The old TV

The new TV

Sadly, the old, old box wouldn't talk properly to his new HD TV. I phoned Shaw, and they put in a ticket.


We were getting messages on our on-screen guide that we needed to upgrade our dish. I'd ignored it for awhile. A couple of years back we had to have the dish fixed, and we paid to have a piece added to make it higher. Our snowfall has been amazing.

OK, phone call, I sat on hold for 14 minutes. I gave up. I tried the online chat, which proved successful. They wanted to send two new receivers. I figured the exercise room TV didn't need a new box. It was working fine on non-high-def shows.

Who knew that the propane truck would arrive at the same time as our satellite contractor? At this point our driveway was all ice. Mr. Cable Guy parked on the hill.


While the propane dude delivered his product, the other dude scurried up the computer satellite tower to cross the roof and change up the TV dish. He's got guts!

It was a dark day. I took another photo last Sunday. You can see his tracks!

 See his tracks?! Yikes.

Propane delivered, the TV dude had to back up and let the propane truck out.


Old vs. new...


Our guy brought his vehicle back onto the driveway, Mr. Propane Man left, and Mr. Cable Guy checked our boxes, indoors. JB's new TV is good to go.


All seemed good. You have to wait while the box uploads the new guides, then turn them off.
I forgot about our exercise room TV. All was not good. On the phone, again. Another $99 for a new box for this crummy, old, non-high-def TV! sigh. The dude explained that by June, the box wouldn't work with the newgrades. SIGH


We have stuff to get rid of.

They would send it by mail. It would be 5 - 7 business days. No tracking code. It arrived Thursday.
Not bad, 5 business days. I hooked it up, phoned in to activate it, and went off to see my client. It's not working with the old TV.

Since we bought the new TV, I'm getting all sorts of emails offering TV sales, as well as pop-up ads on for-profit web pages. We may have to go that route. It's terribly inconsistent, though.

March 9

March 10

 In the meantime, I'm watching Grace & Frankie DVDs while I work out. We may have to hire someone to take the old TVs away for us. We may switch the TV cabinet, put the new TV in the exercise room, and another new TV in the sports room!

As I told my first accountant husband, and the second, "It's only money!"