Inspired by some of my favorite family-produced podcasts (see the sidebar at right), my daughter and I have dipped our toes into the water. Two very amateurish episodes so far, but some (I think) funny and interesting moments. I think we’ll get better as we (I) learn what the heck we’re (I’m) doing.
We hope you’ll check it out (and be patient).
Sigh. I loathe Comcast, but I can’t do anything about it. So I’ll just rant.
Seems that, without much notice that I recall, Comcast has begun to drop stations from their analog lineup. “Who uses analog anymore?,” you may reasonably ask. I do, for one. I’ve never found the digital cable thing to be a compelling reason to spend yet more money with them. Besides, our TV is so old (20 years) that digital cable will improve our picture quality not one little bit.
So I try to look on their appalling website (to which I refuse to link) for pricing info for a digital upgrade. Can’t do it. The website is completely broken for the purposes of checking prices or ordering services. They provide internet services, but can’t manage their own website. It is for shame.
So I call. Phone rep is polite. When I tell him about the website, he tells me they never go to it, because it is so useless. Great. So, as you take away my channels, do you plan to lower my monthly fee? He laughs. Digital cable is only a dollar more per month. Plus $15 installation fee.
I express my deep chagrin that I am being forced to “upgrade” and pay for the privilege. He says nothing, and moments later, my cell phone drops the call. I don’t bother to call back.
The icing on the cake is that last Fall I bought a dual-tuner TiVo with a 3-year contract. But the TiVo box can only record from one digital signal (plus one analog). But if there are no analog stations, I am down to a single-tuner box. I feel cheated.
I know, I should suck it up and buy a new TV, upgrade to digital, and get one of the nifty Series 3 TiVo boxes with dual digital capability. But I’m cheap, and I don’t wanna.
Why can’t I keep my analog channels on cable? (I know about the broadcast conversion, but this is CABLE, not broadcast).
Feh.