Tag Archives: DVR

The Options in Digital Video Recording

We were sitting around one weekend evening watching America’s Funniest Home Videos, a program that we consider a family program. The raciest part of that show might be the accidental hit to a father’s groin by a wayward baseball. The show was on at 7 p.m., a time when I imagine most kids are still awake; at least mine are. Maybe you can see where this is going. The host was about to announce the $10,000 winner when the program went to commercial. The screen went blank of a 100th of a second and then was immediately blasted with scary … Continue reading →

Home Week in Review: January 21 – 27

Here’s a quick review of this week’s articles: Redoing the Kitchen Follow along with Mary Ann and her family on their do it yourself kitchen redo adventure. Redoing the Kitchen: Flooring Choices Mary Ann is open to suggestions. Feel free to share your favorite flooring choices or other words of wisdom that those making such choices may find useful. Travertine Tile FAQ Travertine is a popular choice in home improvement materials. Learn more about this option. Decorating for Valentine’s Day Do you decorate for Valentine’s Day? You can go all out or it can be as simple as adding a … Continue reading →

Signs Your Husband’s Having an Affair…

…with a DVR. Before I list the symptoms, let me explain how I got us into this mess. Because it was me who agreed to bring this third party into our marriage. Oh yes, make no mistake about it. I purposely introduced him to this vixen. Don’t get me wrong. I wanted it just as bad as he did and I’m smitten with it too, but Wayne is really head over heals. The surefire signs he’s gaga for the DVR: 1. He set it up the moment he came home. (To save us money, I went to pick it up … Continue reading →

How Did We Ever Live Without a DVR?

I know TiVo’s been around for a while now, but Wayne and I aren’t always the most up-to-date techy users. In fact, we’re usually well behind most trends. It was only three years ago we got cell phones and only because he had to for his job. And it was only this past Christmas I got a digital camera. So it’s really no surprise we waited as long as we did to finally upgrade to DVR service with Comcast. Which we did this past week. Actually, it was two days ago to be exact and we can’t figure out why … Continue reading →