Video Asylum

Posted by DeeCee (A) on February 06, 2007 at 05:35:48

A few weeks ago after futzing with my DirecTV Sat receiver for a couple of days and some troubleshooting, I find out that I need to get a new sat reciever.

Swell.

Ok, after dinking around on a Saturday, the wife and I decide to wander around Circuit City...

She said while I go hunt down the receiver, she would check out the big screens.

"Ok,", I said... "Be right back."

When I got back my wife was apparently replaced by an alien because a few hours later I was the proud owner of a Panasonic TH-50PX60U HDTV, a new entertainment stand and other assorted goodies!

"WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH MY WIFE?!?"

Ok, I didn't say that, but I certainly thought it.

Well, after:

STRIKE 1: (We saw them push through the wall mount installation order but the outfit that was supposed to do it said they never got it)

STRIKE 2: TORNADOES! (No installers available... Sorry!)

Then after pleadings aand threats, finally got it installed late last night)

After some quick and dirty pic adjusts, my conclusion:

Freakin' Fantastic!

Wifey was mucho impresssed as well and loves the wall mount and new stand!

I bought an Oppo sometime back when my DVD died so I was ready for this upgrade.

But now a report from the irony department:

Never did get the HD DirecTV Receiver and Recorder unit I wanted:

EVERYONE IS OUT ALL OVER....

Now I have to wait for DTV to get the equipment and new dish I require... *sigh*, so it goes.

We'll be out of sat service for about a month (and yes, I will make sure that I get my money back for the missed month of service, too).

But at least I get to watch some killer quality movies in the meantime - can't wait to get everything all arranged and the audio readjusted as well...

This is just *too* cool!

- DeeCee