2:40 PM Thursday, <March 19>, <2009>
Having some issues with Comcast cable TV. Starting last night, since we didn't have any problems watching on Tuesday night, there were digital artifacts in the signal, blocking and audio breakups. So I rebooted the DVR, thinking that maybe it was because we have episodes of Heroes from last fall on there. But no, the problem didn't go away. I then checked on the TV in the bedroom, since that's plugged directly without a cable box, and the same problem there. At some point I go down and check the cable where it enters the building. Nothing loose, but part of the cable was tucked under the pipe leading to the electricity meters. So maybe that was causing the signal degradation. No change. Also, the DVR guide has been slow to repopulate. It was annoying enough that I started calculating how much it would cost to purchase all the shows we watch from iTunes Store, and it actually comes out to being cheaper than what we're paying for cable. Except that not all shows are available via iTunes, or actually, available online at all, specifically The New Adventures of Old Christine and The Big Bang Theory. It's pretty tempting. I'm waiting until tonight to see if the problem is still ongoing, and then probably scheduling a service call via Live Chat if it is. Tracy made Golabkis for dinner last night, we watched a couple old episodes of How I Met Your Mother, and The Big Bang Theory off the DVR, and I watched Castle, which I'm liking.