H Bernclay.
Well, the suspense will have to keep killing you, at least for a while. lol

Haven't brought it in yet. Too busy washing windows, and replacing my little bedroom tv. That's the one I tape all my shows on. The little tv (I never used it for watching, just for having a viewing medium, for when I program the cable box to switch channels, so I can record the Tudors, and then two hours later, I might want to record something on Starz or some other channel.

So when that TV died and went to heaven, I simply walked around the corner to the junk guy who SELLS everything, and I bargained with him for a little 13 inch tv. He kept saying "but I want $50 dollars, it plays perfectly (and he hooked it up to his cable antennae and it did indeed play perfectly). I told him. "I'm not getting it for watching, I only use it for recording, and if you don't know this, IT DOES NOT RECORD OFF THE TV, YOU DO KNOW THAT DON'T YOU?

Well, he thought he was dealing with a clueless person who doesn't know what a tv is for. He then said "but you can hook a dvd up to this". And I said "I don't need a dvd hooked up to anything, I have a TV for that, I just need a tv for the right side of my bedroom so I can re-hook it up to my vcr and just tape what I want to tape. "I'LL GIVE YOU $20 FOR IT'.

Now be aware, I didn't even look at the kind of tv it was. Didn't see the brand, didn't see anything except that it gave a nice picture in color. It could have been a black and white for all I cared, I just needed a tv medium so I could know what the heck I was taping.

So we are haggling back and forth, and I finally said 'Take the darn $20, you made $20 today".

He took it. I go home, just put the coaxial cable into the back of it, plugged it in. BEAUTIFUL TV. And if the one I presently use for watching anything happens to break, THEN I WILL JUST SWITCH IT FOR THIS NEW ONE.

Oh, you might be guessing "what was the brand Melody bought for $20.00?"

A SONY!!!

Works perfectly and it even has a headphone jack (which is mandatory in this house).

So I can once again tape my soaps and anything else I happen to want to record.

You should have seen us the night that all the finales were on. Holy Moly, I was recording, THE BIGGEST LOSER, NCIS, and other stuff. We used all the vcrs and tv's in the house. I have a extra cable box that they don't charge me for. So I don't have to miss anything. And sometimes I forget to tape it, like the other night with So You Think You Can Dance".

I found it online.

Not that I spend hours watching tv. I just like to be able to know that if I want to record something, I can.

I have two more vcrs in the closet that my neighbor gave me. So I'm good for a while. But when these vcr's run out, and I have to go the DVR route, I can only imagine Alan trying to learn how to program these kind of boxes.

He's the type of man who holds the remote in front of the tv set and when he presses a wrong button yells out "MELODY, WHAT DID I DO?" and I go in and just press something and all is right again.

lol

But I shall be sure and update you when I get this dvd rom thing fixed.

Take care,

Melody