Our TV was in the shop for about 3 weeks. It has had some funny colors, high-pitched squealing, and the picture isn't quite straight. I figured we should have someone look at it before the extra warranty we bought runs out. I think we actually had plenty of time for that. Anyway, we got it back this Tuesday, and they couldn't find anything to fix. ( Read more... )

The weekend before last, andrabbi and I bought a TiVo box. Yes, I've been considering trying to build a MythTV box for a while. I even drew up some hardware lists to try and find the cheapest suitable machine. I managed to get the price down to about $400 for a dual-tuner media-machine with room to grow. The problem was that we couldn't really justify the ( Read more... )