Tag: TiVo

My Latest Binge Watching: Mad Men

In the last few of years I’ve been watching more TV than I’ve ever watched in my adult life. Since I loath advertising, I rarely ever watch live TV. Instead, I’ve been watching Netflix or programs I’ve recorded on the TiVo, where I can skip the ads. My latest binge watching obsession has been Mad Man. I’ve heard about the… Continue reading

Golden Age of Television

I read, or a friend of mine suggested—I don’t recall which, that we are in a golden age for television. Numerous excellent programs are available. So, I’ve been thinking about this: Are we really in a golden age for television programming? As a child, we had to center our schedules around our favorite TV programs. If you missed them, they… Continue reading

Cleanest Remote on Earth

Every Friday morning begins wash day. As I was pulling the sheets out of the washing machine I heard an unexpected sound. The remote control for the TiVo fell out of the washing machine and onto the floor. O dreadful! I inadvertently had scooped up the remote in the sheets and washed it! The batteries had fallen out and were… Continue reading

Raising the Bar

I’ve groused before about my disdain for advertising being forced in my face: pop up ads on the internet, being forced to watch an ad before or during a video (YouTube, CNN online, and many others), unsolicited junk mail in my inbox and my mailbox, fliers left on my car or on the house door, billboards littering the streets, in… Continue reading

Imagine My Delight…

I’ve blogged about my recent encounters with @Verizon when upgrading the TiVo with the Fios service here at the house.  In addition to the Twitter replies to me from Verizon following up, today I got a followup phone call from Ralph, the technician who installed the M-CableCard and got everything working wonderfully.  He wanted to be sure everything was satisfactory.… Continue reading

Corporate “Offloading”

Image via Wikipedia I railed against @Verizon last week (link) because of my inexcusably horrid customer service experience.  Well, I’m happy to report that the Verizon installer, who I think was an independent contractor, arrived this morning, on time, properly de-installed my two single-stream cards (called S-cards) and installed a new multi-stream card (M-card) in my TiVo.  He was pleasant… Continue reading

@Verizon Customer Service Is Horrendously Wretched!

Image via CrunchBase Now, before you think I’m just in a bad mood (though @Verizon certainly has put me in one!), I think Verizon’s cell service and Fios service are completely awesome.  But their customer service is the worst of the worst.  In my opinion, the senior level executive in charge of customer service and retail should be fired immediately!… Continue reading

Sling Player

I’m currently flying somewhere over Arkansas and was Just watching my TiVo at home in LA. eBay and Delta are providing free WiFi to everyone on the flight. No gimmicks. No email. Just start using it. Very cool. I would never have tried GoGo because it’s too expensive for my taste. And I would have assumed the speed was about… Continue reading