Buying myself Christmas presents...
Dec. 29th, 2008 06:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gothams3rdrobinWent shopping after work this evening, since Rowan was safe at Mam's house and there was...shall we say less need for me to rush to collect him than last week when he was with Rosie the childminder.
Came home with a new multi-regional DVD player for my bedroom :-) They're only available in Currys, around here, and surprisingly cheap so I decided to treat myself. I can now watch DVDs in my room, surf on the laptop (now my router's been moved I have a better signal in here) and, by the end of January, I'll be able to watch TV too! I ordered myself a new V+ box from Virgin, since they're going for half price, and as an existing customer part of the deal is that you have to hold on to your old cable box too for just £5 extra on your bill. I'm on the right TV package that the actual V+ box doesn't cost a penny once you've paid the installation fee.
So I'll be able to watch baseball in bed! Result! ;-) Plus, since I'll have V+, I won't miss the Seattle games that get shown at stupid times of the day!
The new DVD player had a few teething problems once I'd cracked the coding to make it multiregional though *sighs* I brought Rowan's copy of 'Everyone's Hero' to test it, and it just would not play it for me! Oh noes, thinks I, dreading having to take it back to the store, but I grabbed my Sports Night boxset and put in disc one, et voila! It played just fine!
While I disapprove of it's refusal to play 'Everyone's Hero', at least it had the decency and good taste to play Sports Night for me! *grins*
Whee! I'll almost be looking forward to bedtime before much longer!
Came home with a new multi-regional DVD player for my bedroom :-) They're only available in Currys, around here, and surprisingly cheap so I decided to treat myself. I can now watch DVDs in my room, surf on the laptop (now my router's been moved I have a better signal in here) and, by the end of January, I'll be able to watch TV too! I ordered myself a new V+ box from Virgin, since they're going for half price, and as an existing customer part of the deal is that you have to hold on to your old cable box too for just £5 extra on your bill. I'm on the right TV package that the actual V+ box doesn't cost a penny once you've paid the installation fee.
So I'll be able to watch baseball in bed! Result! ;-) Plus, since I'll have V+, I won't miss the Seattle games that get shown at stupid times of the day!
The new DVD player had a few teething problems once I'd cracked the coding to make it multiregional though *sighs* I brought Rowan's copy of 'Everyone's Hero' to test it, and it just would not play it for me! Oh noes, thinks I, dreading having to take it back to the store, but I grabbed my Sports Night boxset and put in disc one, et voila! It played just fine!
While I disapprove of it's refusal to play 'Everyone's Hero', at least it had the decency and good taste to play Sports Night for me! *grins*
Whee! I'll almost be looking forward to bedtime before much longer!
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Date: 2008-12-29 07:34 pm (UTC)