Kent's New Love

[bjarvis]

kent4str's ongoing love affair with television has had some bumps in the road, thanks mostly to Comcast. The picture quality on some channels truly sucked, there were frequent incidents when whole blocks of channels would freeze for hours on end and most recently, Comcast has been pushing our preferred channels to digital-only which would require a far-too-expensive converter. The only thing Comcast has done right over the many years is its billing, but even that has become rather expensive.

On Thursday, Dish Network arrived at our house. All the channels are crystal-clear, we have the channels we want and all seems to be working well for less than Comcast's costs.

Dear Comcast:
Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.
Luv, kent4str, cuyahogarvr & bjarvis

Comments

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

just in time for the Battlestar Gallactica Season Three Premiere Party!

[arktosnc.livejournal.com]

{sigh!} We have to stick with Time Warner Cable around here for now... not really any problems with it other than their refusal to carry Bravo or Logo channels! Plus, we are getting RoadRunner internet (8mb download, 512kb upload!!) which is a lot better than we can get with DSL...

But, congrats to you guys!! Do I hear BIG, BIG, BIG HD TV?

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

We have DSL... since I have a server at home and some ISPs go out of their way to block such a service, I'm hesitant to tamper with what works. Verizon is pushing FIOS in our area but it's not yet available on our street.

Our large-ass CRT television has a new life now that the picture is so much clearer. While we'd love to get a *huge* flat screen TV, we can't really justify the expense yet, especially with our bathroom renovation project about to get off the ground. Perhaps next year, or even a group xmas present to ourselves this year.

upcoming large purchases

[trawnapanda.livejournal.com]

our bathroom renovation project about to get off the ground

so, are you getting a new orgy-sized shower, with multiple water-heads and room for all three of you(*) at the same time with room to walk around and scrub other backs without being at risk of tripping the other person?

(*)and friend(s) simultaneously, he asked hopefully?

enquiring minds need to know