It's February 20th, 2009 And Why The Hell Can't I Get Jerry Springer On My TV Set? (Trees And Things)

songofthepogo: Re: Why?

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:35:32 EST

i was attempting to make an admittedly lame joke about rain. that said, i do love portland (oregon). i can't really explain why. it's a nice place to live. it's in a beautiful area, there are interesting things to do and see, and it

thefadd: Re: Why?

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:27:56 EST

Oh crap. I'm supposed to go for the first time in July but I keep forgetting.

pO157: Why?

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:22:16 EST

I've never been.

thefadd: Re: Need to mention this.

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:18:03 EST

That is weird...maybe I have older hardware. It only rains like 5 times a year here and each time the directv goes out completely. I always wondered how they have customers in places like Seattle.

TonedEff: I say fuck Comcast.

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:29:55 EST

I used to have Comcast and had been diddling around replacing it with Verizon FIOS. I mean, it wasn't enough to have to put up with the obnoxious, crappy customer service from Comcast but over the past year or so, I've noticed the signal was breaking

joshv: Re: I was an early adopter

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:49:02 EST

I was astounded by the number of digital channels we could get with an antenna, 15-20, and all of them crystal clear. But for some reason the CBS affiliate doesn't come in at all. We bought our HDTV to be christened at a Superbowl party a few y

songofthepogo: Re: Need to mention this.

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 03:38:10 EST

i love portland

MC Nally: Re: Need to mention this.

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:59:19 EST

And neither one comes through when it rains.

I live in an area that knows rain. Our average annual rainfall is around 150 inches (that's 12 1/2 feet if you prefer to look at it that way) and the year before last we had 186. &n

port1080: Re: Shenanigans!

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:54:19 EST

Yeah, I've never had any major problems with rain. Also, I have DVR, so on the rare occasion that the service does go out, I can watch something that's recorded and record the show I wanted to watch at a later time.

skeeter1: I was an early adopter

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:25:41 EST

I didn't particularly want to be, but my TV died about 5 years ago, and I knew digital was on the horizon. I scraped together five grand and got a Sharp Aquos 37" LCD HDTV. Th

pO157: Shenanigans!

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:32:13 EST

I have Dish Network. In the 10 months or so since I switched I've noticed ~3 or 4 outages. None lasted longer than an hour, most only a few minutes. For some reason you usually get five or ten minutes of outtage at the start of a major storm but once the s

thefadd: Re: Need to mention this.

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:52:30 EST

And neither one comes through when it rains. Cause that's exactly what I want from my television service. Actually, I love directv. One of the easiest companies ever to be a customer of. Perhaps it's because they're used to having a very upscale client�le

port1080: Re: Need to mention this.

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:28:36 EST

I'm also informed that, if you're a cable customer with an analog box, come February 19th you're going to have rent a small digital converter box for the top of your set.

If you're a cable customer with an analog box, switch to satellite. Dis

MayorBob: Need to mention this.

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:23:08 EST

That $40 coupon is only one per household. Meaning, if you have four old analog boxes in your house, you'll need to buy four converters at a total cost of about $200 ($60 per converter - $40 coupon). I'm also informed that, if you're a c