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  • TV Assholes **LANGUAGE/RANTY**

    To the "Technically Inclined" Person,

    Dude, I get that after so long you were told to get a router and other equipment to connect your receiver to the internet for downloading on demand shows. But to continue arguing me about dumb shit and stuff that I have no fucking clue on how your Gerry rigged setup "worked fine" until now is fucking ridiculous! Don't talk to me like I don't know shit, I'll have you know I have been doing tech support for 2 1/2 years motherfucker and I was trained for it formally and by the school of hardknocks, so eat a dick!

    Sincerely,

    -Me


    To The Remote Bitch,

    Look here, "Lady" I spoke with your significant other to program the remote, I did ALL the codes for your cheap piece of shit "brand" TV (that sounds like the name of a cheese) which didn't work and now you wanna harangue me for not giving enough codes?!! Fuck off, bitch! I even gave you all the codes like you asked, you didn't ask me for any steps with the codes, so don't talk to me like I wasn't doing shit all okay! I get that you pay monthly for the service, but not everything is free so don't bitch to me that you have to pay for a tech to come out and help your stupid entitled ass over programming your remote! Newsflash! Nobody works for free!

    Sincerely,

    Me
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  • #2
    Some of these people need to be booted back to 1959, when a remote control had exactly two buttons on it, one for on/off/volume and one for channel up. Let's see them screw that up.

    (Yes, my grandmother had one of those. Both grandmothers, in fact, though the other grandmother's had four buttons: luxury! Power, channel up, channel down, and I have no clue what the fourth button did.)

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    • #3
      Quoth Shalom View Post
      Some of these people need to be booted back to 1959, when a remote control had exactly two buttons on it, one for on/off/volume and one for channel up. Let's see them screw that up.

      (Yes, my grandmother had one of those. Both grandmothers, in fact, though the other grandmother's had four buttons: luxury! Power, channel up, channel down, and I have no clue what the fourth button did.)
      If it's anything like my first TV's remote, the other button would likely be 'mute'. I had power, mute, ch up, ch down, vol up, and vol down.

      Thank goodness we now have direct channel entry - 500 channels would not be fun going up, up, up, etc.
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      • #4
        I do not even remember what brand this was, but for my first VCR back in the early 1980's the remote was hardwired to the VCR itself. NO IR or radio signals, just a wire.
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        • #5
          Quoth Shalom View Post
          ... and I have no clue what the fourth button did.
          Shaddup!
          Quoth Sonoma View Post
          ... would likely be 'mute'.
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          • #6
            I almost relish the days of 13 channels.
            Less crap was on because the producers didnt have as many channels to play with.

            I still miss my saturday morning cartoons.

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            • #7
              Quoth Racket_Man View Post
              I do not even remember what brand this was, but for my first VCR back in the early 1980's the remote was hardwired to the VCR itself. NO IR or radio signals, just a wire.
              I had one of those! Mine was a Sears. That VCR was a tank; I don't think we retired it until the late 90's.

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              • #8
                When I was a kid I (along with my brother) WAS the remote!
                There's no such thing as a stupid question... just stupid people.

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                • #9
                  Quoth It's me View Post
                  When I was a kid I (along with my brother) WAS the remote!
                  QFT! Our first VCR was a Betamax and I think it had a wired remote as well. And push buttons on the box itself for changing channels, etc.
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                  • #10
                    Quoth barainga View Post
                    I almost relish the days of 13 twelve channels.
                    I still miss my saturday morning cartoons.
                    No Channel 1 since 1948
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                    • #11
                      Quoth BeenThereDoneThat View Post
                      QFT! Our first VCR was a Betamax and I think it had a wired remote as well. .
                      We had a Fischer-Price VHS VCR with a wired remote, that blasted cord must have been 20 feet long >_<
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                      • #12
                        My first "remote" was lying on my back in front of the TV changing the channels with my toes.
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                        • #13
                          Ah, the days of vertical control and fine tuning. Remember how the picture would flip, over and over and over? I imagine some of you don't even know what I'm talking about

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                          • #14
                            Whippersnapper, you had it lucky! I once had a TeeVee that used only ONE channel-changer dial -- VHF was pre-set, but you had to fiddle with this tiny little dial to assign the UHF channels >_<

                            The sad thing is, I think it may actually have had a remote (it's been awhile)...usable only for turning it on/off and volume control.
                            "For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
                            "The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
                            "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
                            "There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
                            "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
                            "Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
                            Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
                            "Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me

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                            • #15
                              Quoth Can I Help Your A$$? View Post
                              Ah, the days of vertical control and fine tuning. Remember how the picture would flip, over and over and over? I imagine some of you don't even know what I'm talking about
                              Ha! I remember that! And the color control? We used to play with that and turn the newscasters green or purple

                              My mom had a portable that lasted forever. The channel changer knob broke off and she used to keep a pair of needle-nose pliers to change the channel!
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