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tv vandal

11 Tuesday Aug 2015

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tv vandal

Here is Morcilla, prettily reflected in the screen of my new TV…

Problem? Well, yes. Morcilla has become enthralled by the cute cat “inside the TV screen” and does whatever she can to make contact, including SCRATCHING THE HELL OUT OF THE SURFACE. You know, to get inside, so she can play with this obviously attractive other being. Seriously, Morcilla sits up on her haunches and commences trying to scratch through to the other side of the screen. So far I haven’t seen any damage to the screen… I think she can’t really get a grip with the pointy-scratchy tips of her claws, so she ends up just (just???) dragging the curved edges of her claws along the screen. This morning I decided to try putting a throw over the TV when it’s not in use. We’ll see if that helps. Honesty. I mean, cheap 12€ IKEA curtains are one thing, but a 700€ TV???

smart tv

27 Monday Jul 2015

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LG TV
So I went out for a few groceries this evening and ended up with a new TV! And lucky I have this blog because I was wondering when I bought the last one and a quick search told me it was in May 2008. There’s not anything particularly wrong with the old one, and this one isn’t much bigger (40″ instead of 32″) but it has WiFi and other snazzy features. I’m still not 100 percent sure what tricks this one does and will have to wait until Thursday to find out. Does any of this make sense to you?

Television SMART LED TV, diagonal 100cm, Ultra HD 3840×2160, 4K upscaler, DVB-S2 / T2 / C, H.265, 3x HDMI, 3x USB, Scart, CI, LAN, WiFi, DLNA, HbbTV, web browser, webOS 2.0, Speaker 20W MR15 magic driver, energ. Class A

All I know is that I’ll be able to watch YouTube on a big screen!

yomvi

10 Thursday Jul 2014

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yomvi
Apparently I’ve had access to YOMVI ever since I subscribed to Canal+ (after moving house in February 2011). Thing is, I’ve never worked out exactly how it works, though recently I found out that in order to get it to work I need to have my Canal+ decoder box plugged into my internet modem. Which is across the room. So fuck. In order to that I can either buy some widgety connecting thingies that will do this through the air, or I can get Telefónica to install a phone jack next to the television. Either of which will cost about 90 euros. But then I will – apparently – be able to download entire series even before they’ve been shown on TV and watch them at my leisure on any of my devices that have internet access. Is it worth doing this? What if I move next year? Anyone out there have YOMVI?

let’s dance!

13 Thursday Mar 2014

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This is so much fun! Music by Chris Montez – the sixties TV show clips include:

  • The Avengers (Diana Rigg, Patrick Macnee)
  • The Andy Griffith Show (Don Knotts)
  • The Addams Family (Carolyn Jones, John Astin)
  • The Dick Van Dyke Show (Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore)
  • Gomer Pyle USMC (Jim Nabors)
  • The Patty Duke Show (Patty Duke)
  • The Doris Day Show (Doris Day)
  • Gidget (Sally Field)
  • Batman (Adam West, Victor Buono, Ziva Rodann)
  • Bewitched (Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Joy Harmon)
  • Gilligan’s Island (Tina Louise, Bob Denver)
  • I Dream of Jeannie (Barbara Eden)
  • Mr. Ed (Alan Young)
  • The Beverly Hillbillies (Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, Max Baer, Bea Benaderet, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs)
  • That Girl (Marlo Thomas, Slim Pickens)

swiped from Nag on the Lake