I am depressed. Despite my best efforts, which I'll describe, I have been completely failed by consumer electronics. I was on a 10-day trip raising money (which is why I've been too busy to post since February 5) for my new venture capital fund. My landlord started renovating my basement while I was gone (another post to come). When I got back, my television, my wifi access point, my cable set top box and my TiVo were all blown out, presumably by a power surge caused by the contractor turning the power off to move the electrical and then turning it back on.
Great excuse to buy a new television. But I've also had to replace everything else (my landlord will get a bill). At first, I didn't think I needed to replace the TiVo because it seemed to work, but it turned out to have its brains scrambled so I bought a new one today. Guess what: The TiVo I bought is an old one and REQUIRES a landline phone line to do guided setup and download the newer software that does NOT require a landline phone line. I don’t have a landline phone line in my house. So the only way to get this TiVo installed is to literally (and the TiVo web site says this) take it to a location that does have a landline phone line and do the guided setup there, download the new software over the phone line and then bring it back here, where it will be able to use the network to get its programming.
I've now spent days and hundreds of dollars replacing my equipment and I am completely foiled. And I don't even know who to get mad at.
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