tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915703366269834950.post6748408630267048332..comments2023-10-20T08:55:33.264-05:00Comments on The Kerrie Show: Converter BoxKerrie McLoughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04357207300211730918noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915703366269834950.post-64074293707560773652008-11-09T22:37:00.000-06:002008-11-09T22:37:00.000-06:00One more comment about taping-I feel your pain wit...One more comment about taping-I feel your pain with it shutting off, etc. Tresa is right about setting it correctly to tape-HOWEVER you also need to keep in mind that NOBODY can watch another channel while you are taping something-like you can't let your kid watch QUBO while you are taping Desperate housewives-it has to be ON THAT channel that you want to tape. GRRRRR-some days I wonder if they are more trouble then they are worth. (the converter boxes I mean)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915703366269834950.post-86354687068133288222008-11-09T11:49:00.000-06:002008-11-09T11:49:00.000-06:00We got directtv for less than 2 years when we pull...We got directtv for less than 2 years when we pulled the plug. It wasn't the money. It was the waste of time. I don't tape anything (don't own a VCR) because I can watch my favorite shows online.<BR/><BR/>Fortunately, we have a fairly new TV so I didn't need to get a converter box. We also have a cable modem and if we really, really want to watch something (like the presidential election coverage) we just unplug the modem and stick the cable in the TV. Awesome!<BR/><BR/>I agree with Tresa. Totally a conspiracy to get us to buy a 100 channel package with 4 movie channels, high speed internet and a free puppy.Charlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01608872409560983124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-915703366269834950.post-77678177197260479702008-11-07T08:55:00.000-06:002008-11-07T08:55:00.000-06:00Ooh! Ooh! I know!There is a setting on your conv...Ooh! Ooh! I know!<BR/><BR/>There is a setting on your converter box that makes it stay on all the time. Its default setting has it shutting off after 4 hours. But I don't know why...it's not like it's saving energy or anything, the light just changes from one color to another when it's off.<BR/><BR/>THEN! You leave your converter box on the channel you want it to tape on, like 9.3, because ABC has the best shows. Then you set your VCR to tape on the channel your television is set on to run the converter box, like ours is set to 3. So you program the VCR to tape channel 3 at 9pm on Sunday, for Brothers and Sisters, but leave your digital converter box on channel 9.3 the time you turn the tv off before that program plays...like after you turn off Sunday Morning on channel 5.1, or whatever.<BR/><BR/>Then you get really pissed when someone doesn't leave your tv on the channel you want it on and you end up taping some stupid detective show instead of your good, red-blooded American drama series...and start to believe that this is a big conspiracy to get us to all buy cable or satellite.Tresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382557294774658639noreply@blogger.com