April 21, 2009

[TiVo] Welcome, Lori, to 2003

So, right after I write about how nothing ever happens, something happened.

We got HD.

Now, I know what you're thinking. *Lori* doesn't have HD? The TiVoGoddess herself has been plodding around, watching TV like it's 1989?

Well, yes.

Here's the thing. When HD first came out, there just weren't enough channels to justify the hassle. And then, later, I required a DVR. And those early DVRs couldn't really record all that much HD before they were ALL full up. And then TiVo got out of the DirecTV/HD business. And then...

And then, I got fed up with TiVo. And no longer give a rat's patootie if my DVR has that goofy dude on the front.

So. I have a shiny new DVR that records 100 hours of HD. Not a lot...I wish that it recorded twice that. But we kept the 400+ hour TiVo, and that can serve to record all of the non-critical stuff. It will probably be fine.

I will say this. I have historically derided HD. I have said things like "How pretty does TV need to BE?" and "I grew up with an antenna that was 100 feet from the house and had to be turned with a wrench...as long as I can recognize basic human shapes, I'm good." Even earlier this week, I said to John that we would be able to maximize our storage space by continuing to record non-essentials in SD. Again, I said, how pretty does Wheel of Fortune need to be?

Well, last night I watched Wheel of Fortune in HD and it is pretty.

Damn pretty.

Kind of addictively pretty.

<--- off to look at terabyte hard drives. :)

Posted by Lori at April 21, 2009 9:33 PM | TrackBack