All the channels beyond basic cable went kaput sometime on Thursday. I was running around during the interim, noticed the problem yesterday, but really had time to deal with it today. FYI, the TiVo provided the evidence of when the problem started, because a Premier League football match was recorded at 1am Thursday, but the Rugby World Cup game at 5pm was missed. Argh. Anyway, called Comcast this afternoon. As in prior calls, I was talking to a real person very quickly, and the person was friendly. Spent nearly 20 minutes on the phone, with the man on the phone trying different things on his end, without success. He was able to turn off my digital cable box from his end, but none of the other authorization or configurations he was trying from his end worked. So now we have to wait until Wednesday for someone to come to the house and see if they can untangle the problem. If it’s digital cable related, the visit is free. Otherwise, $20 expense. Could be worse, other than the wait. I know that Gene the stereo guy left everything in working order on Monday, since no problems until Thursday… but how they can turn the machine off remotely but still not fix the problem remotely?
Why did we get -more- involved in TV? I’m a huge fan of Fox Sports World, honestly, but it’s almost not worth the pain. Easy to understand why upgrading is such a slow industry-wide process.