I can only laugh at the doofuses who are griping now because -- shock! -- the iPhone just dropped in price. The horror! Who would have thought that the insane $500-plus initial price would quickly drop once the gotta-be-first twerps had finished their storefront camp-outs?
I am the quintessential late adopter. You know how much I paid for my DVD player? Nothing. I got it for free from a friend who had bought a new one. You know how much I paid for the decidedly non-flat television in my bedroom? Forty dollars. I got it off craigslist from some dude in the Upper West Side. I even tricked my former roommate into carrying it up the six flights of stairs to my apartment. My iPod mini still works just fine, and I'm not getting rid of it until somebody either gives me a better one or until it drops dead.
But, see, now I'm in a bit of a quandary. Alas, last weekend, my very ancient VCR finally broke. So, what do I do? Finally call Time Warner and agree to get their DVR service? Or shell out the $100 for a VCR/DVD combo? I do still have a lot of old tapes of stuff I've recorded over the years, but honestly, they take up a lot more space than their value in the number of times I actually watch them. Then again, some people pay ridiculous amounts for old recorded shows, particularly if they still have the commercials.
Either way, I'd better figure it out quickly. I have no idea what's happening on "Days Of Our Lives" right now!
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6 comments:
We are more alike than you'd ever want to admit.
Even though I don't have an iPod or a decent cell phone (you've seen it), I got a PVR and it's the best thing (unless there's a power failure, then you're fucked).
It's worth the money. Trust me.
DVR rocks...I have no VCR either right now and I need one, but they're like $20 now.
I love my DVR, and I was very hesitant to pay the extra bucks a month. But it's great not just for recording, but also for pausing and rewinding during live television.
The only reason I still own a VCR is for all the porn I have on tape.
Steven, I can think of many, many worse people to be compared to. :-)
And slipper...uh, yeah. Let's just say I'm going to Target this weekend. But I still might buckle to the DVR pressure. But just in my bedroom. The roommates are free to pay if they want it in the living room.
As for that VCR dilemma, I have two words for you:
Pawn Shop.
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