For the first time in about a month, this evening I had time to watch TV at the time when some good programmes were on. So I turned my TV on to catch the interesting-sounding programme on Jewish comedians, only to be met by a snowstorm with green lines superimposed on it.
None of the TV’s controls have any effect; nor does removing the aerial – overall, it seems to be entirely fucked. It’s 13 years old, and cost less than £100 when new, so I’m not really annoyed about the value for money side of things. But damn, why couldn’t I have found this out when there was only rubbish on?
Fortunately, as my wife insisted on watching Casualty for nit-picking purposes (she’s an NHS employee), I taped it, and a quick glance at the beginning and end of the tape suggests I got all of it.
So if you’d like it once I’ve got round to watching it, you’re most welcome.
OK, I’ve watched it, blogged about it, and have now finished with the tape – so let me know if you’d like it.
Thanks very much for the kind offer. Unfortunately, I don’t have a VCR; if you fancy ripping it, encoding it as a DivX and uploading it to my server, that would be excellent, but beyond the call of duty….
Fortunately my Freeview box has an audio output, so I got to listen to the programme. Since the programme was about Jewish humour, this worked fairly well; had it been about slapstick or surrealism, it would have been rather more frustrating.