im in love with a digital terrestrial
June 20th 2008 17:27
i have officially entered the digital age of television!
in my little pocket of Tasmania we only have two commerial stations plus the ABC and SBS, there is a third channel available only if you have digital TV . . . and, drum roll please, today i got a digital set top box!
now i bet you thought i was going to declare i got some beautiful plasma, LCD, flatscreen, widescreen, top-of-the-range, do-your-laundry-for-you, cutting edge new TV right?
well we have to remember i live in a very frugal house-hold where we budget and count our pennies . . . and by we i mean my parents, left to my own accord i am the most wasteful extravagent person in the world, but in this humble home the bargain police are conditioning me to appreciate their shoe-string-budget ways . . . apparently its all about making those ends meet!
anyway, i dont really care, the set top box is a million times better than what i had before
i got to watch Big Brother tonight (a show previously unavailable to me) and discovered a boy with a very squeeky voice . . . this is essential mainland pop culture viewing which i was sadly missing out on, but not anymore!
when i lived in Sydney i had a staple TV diet of all thing Channel Ten and i suffered some kind of geographic shock when i could no longer watch House, or Ready Steady Cook, or Rove, or Oprah, or Letterman . . . and did i mention Big Brother? haha
so i am now the proud and satisfied owner of a Healing (maybe not the most well known brand lol) Digital Terrestrial Television Receiver . . . i dont know if im more impressed with the title or the crystal clear and extensive viewing it provides?
yes im very very easily impressed!
in my little pocket of Tasmania we only have two commerial stations plus the ABC and SBS, there is a third channel available only if you have digital TV . . . and, drum roll please, today i got a digital set top box!
now i bet you thought i was going to declare i got some beautiful plasma, LCD, flatscreen, widescreen, top-of-the-range, do-your-laundry-for-you, cutting edge new TV right?
well we have to remember i live in a very frugal house-hold where we budget and count our pennies . . . and by we i mean my parents, left to my own accord i am the most wasteful extravagent person in the world, but in this humble home the bargain police are conditioning me to appreciate their shoe-string-budget ways . . . apparently its all about making those ends meet!
anyway, i dont really care, the set top box is a million times better than what i had before
i got to watch Big Brother tonight (a show previously unavailable to me) and discovered a boy with a very squeeky voice . . . this is essential mainland pop culture viewing which i was sadly missing out on, but not anymore!
when i lived in Sydney i had a staple TV diet of all thing Channel Ten and i suffered some kind of geographic shock when i could no longer watch House, or Ready Steady Cook, or Rove, or Oprah, or Letterman . . . and did i mention Big Brother? haha
so i am now the proud and satisfied owner of a Healing (maybe not the most well known brand lol) Digital Terrestrial Television Receiver . . . i dont know if im more impressed with the title or the crystal clear and extensive viewing it provides?
yes im very very easily impressed!
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Comment by S.L.
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Comment by Morgan Bell
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haha sometimes its those simple pleasures that are the best, you can appreciate the little things you take for granted if they are suddenly not available to you!
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Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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So that means you can communicate with 'extra' terrestrials now does it
Ouch - sorry.
Enjoy.
MNG
Comment by slacko
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I don't like how sometimes the sound cuts out and clicks.
And yer I have a high deff. Tv and I can barely tell the difference, but it makes me happier knowing im taking advantage of it.
Oh and I love abc2
Comment by Morgan Bell
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thursday night sci-fi night? no way! i want it!
hi MNG,
haha yeah i deserve that!
i was surprised that the box had such a weird and exotic name . . . i thought i would share the funniness!
hi slacko,
oh i noticed ABC2 just ends at a certain time . . . i wish i had high def just so i could feel cutting edge and elite! lol
Comment by Cheryl J
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I'm saving very very slowly for an LCD TV. at this rate I should be able to get it in September 2076!
Comment by Morgan Bell
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haha the beams! the beams!
it seems like everyone else got digital TV a year ago . . . in 2076 im going to envy you because i probably still wont have an LCD screen . . . movie night at Cheryls house in the far distant future!
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my dad refuses to eat any food that is microwaved . . . dont ask me why, hes very set in his ways!
Comment by RubySoho
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Hey speaking of TV and lasers, I thought about buying a new TV but also wanted to get the hair on my legs and bikini line lasered. Hard decision but opted for the laser. Best thing I ever did. Do you know how good it feels knowing you never have to shave again?
God, I've gotten this rather off track haven't I?
Comment by Morgan Bell
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lasers are the way of the future!
is laser hair removal really as cheap as a TV? i thought it was like hundreds of thousands of dollars . . . i could be lasering my whole body instead of watching Ready Steady Cook
ps: the host of Ready Steady Cook used to come out on Oxford St occassionally so that is one of my small celebrity sightings
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But yeah, it is usually more expensive than that.
Comment by Morgan Bell
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do you like how im so impressed with ANY technology?
its like ive been living in a bomb shelter for 30 years and have only just been let out!
Comment by postmoderncritic
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And yay for Rove! Although I have to admit that I was kind of put off by his 'now you see it, now you don't' approach to his sexuality (in regards to homosexuality) a while back.
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yes epiphanie
this is how exciting my life really is when im finding an extra TV station really life changing lol
oh do fill me in on Rove, i havent heard anything official on his sexuality other than his marriage to Belinda Emmet of course . . . and the segment on his show "who would you turn gay for?"
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Oh, and I *love* the 'Who would you turn gay for?' Q, it's one of the major reasons I watch the show, lol.
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thanks for the info, i will have to try and google it!
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