DTV For The Win!

From here.

serious technical glitch at DTV Utah knocked nearly every Utah TV station off of the air.

At approximately 9:15 p.m. every all TV stations housed at DTV Utah went off line. DTV Utah is a joint operation of Utah TV stations formed to tackle digital television transmission.

Talk about annoying... I had to put up with the choppy NBC.com feed of the SNF game... and it was a great game too.

The more we "advance"... the worse it gets. (Hear that UTA?)

That Converter Box...

I'm pretty sure I'm the last one to have connected my TV to one (after all, the change happened almost 2 months ago), but in case anyone else is still out there, I'd recommend looking past the RCA STB7766G1.

It's not bad or anything, but there are a couple of issues.

First... there's no option to look and see what is on TV after the current shows. I know other boxes & newer TVs have that... this doesn't come with the option. Kinda annoying.

Second... and maybe it's just mine, because I'm not seeing the complaint anywhere else (or maybe it's my 'old-as-hell' TV), no matter which button I press ON EITHER REMOTE (the original one for the TV, or the one that came with the converter), all it does is change the channel. Channel up? Done. Volume up? No change, but the channel goes up. Channel down? The channel goes up. Mute? Next channel. Info? Next channel. Menu? Next channel. Changing the volume with the TV remote? Next channel. Yeah... it's kinda annoying.

Oh, and I think there's something wrong with my TV. It showed Vince Young throwing a TD pass...

(Okay, I'm sorry. Had to get that zing in there though.)

The NFL Preseason

So, I'd put off connecting my TV to a converter box so far. Mostly because there hadn't really been anything I'd wanted to watch since the switch (just the Stanley Cup Finals... and those came the day after the switch or something). I figured I'd wait until the new seasons of Bones, House, Chuck, Big Bang Theory, etc. started up.

Then I realized that the NFL preseason started today. And just like that, I set up the converter box and I'm ready to go.

Football's back!

If You Want To Watch TV Tonight...

Bones starts at 7 PM MST on FOX, and runs for 2+ hours. It's the season premiere from this season, which isn't cool because I've already seen it.

There's also Shrek 2 (also a 7 PM MST, on ABC I think). It's not the greatest of the Shrek movies, but it features Puss In Boots (awesome) and some great quotes. Such as...

Donkey: What about my Miranda rights? You're supposed to say, "You have the right to remain silent." Nobody said I have the right to remain silent!
Shrek: Donkey, you HAVE the right to remain silent. What you lack is the capacity.
Puss-in-Boots: [camera shows just Puss] I must hold on before I, too, go totally mad.
Gingerbread Man: Shrek? Donkey?
Puss-in-Boots: [looks up to see fairy tale creatures above him] Too late.

and, not much later...

Shrek: Quick tell a lie!
Pinocchio: What should I say?
Donkey: Say something crazy... like you're wearing ladies underwear.
Pinocchio: Um, ok. I'm wearing ladies underwear.
Pinocchio: [silence]
Shrek: Are you?
Pinocchio: I most certainly am not.
Pinocchio: [nose extends] .
Donkey: It looks like you most certainly am are.
Pinocchio: I am not.
Pinocchio: [nose extends]
Puss-in-Boots: What Kind?
Gingerbread Man: IT'S A THONG!

Also...

[Shrek, Fiona, Fiona's Mum and Dad and Donkey are arguing at the table]
Queen: Harold!
Princess Fiona: Shrek!
Shrek: Fiona...
King: Fiona!
Princess Fiona: Mum!
Queen: Harold!
Donkey: [happily] Donkey!

And this...

Shrek: Donkey, think of the saddest thing that's ever happened to you.
Donkey: Oh, man! Where do I begin? First there was the time the farmer traded me for some magic beans. I ain't never gotten over that. Then this fool went off and had a party, and they all starting trying to pin a tail on me. Then they all got drunk, and started hitting me with sticks, yelling "Piñata! Piñata!" What the hell is a piñata, anyway?

Ah... Disney movies.