Our TV broke last night. It’s a rear projection, and the projecting color convergence is now off and can’t be fixed through conventional means. I got to know Google well, and I even tried Sony’s lousy online tech support (chat). Why they don’t have an easy way to adjust the convergence through the menus is beyond me. <\/p>\n
In the meantime (until we get it repaired), my wife and I are realizing we spend a lot of time with the TV. We watch TV. We watch DVDs. She plays PS3. We play Wii. All of these activities involve the TV. Life without TV is quite a change for us. Of course, I realize many people (including a few of our close friends) don’t have any TVs, and they do just fine. It’s just a little jarring when you’re used to having something, and then you don’t realize until it malfunctions just how much it’s become a part of your lifestyle. <\/p>\n
We chose<\/i> to give away our car, but we didn’t choose<\/i> to have the TV suddenly crap out on us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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