Reminder: Tigers game vs mets on MLB TV this afternoon

[turok]

Absent a rainout..the Tigers will play @ the mets in Port St. Lucie @ 1 pm. Unfortunately my wife and I both have a doctor appt skedded @ ~the same time and very likely will miss out on watching the entire game...since his office is 45 mins away and we will need to get our Rxes filled soon afterwards, which could take a couple of hours between waiting time and when I and my wife are able to leave after paying for our visit and receiving them...Don't own or lease a DVR...oh well...its still "just ST" after all...Gooo Tigers!!

 

[Mitchrapp]

What's a skedded? No DVR, who doesn't have a DVR these days? Best invention ever.

 

[turok]

What's a skedded? No DVR, who doesn't have a DVR these days? Best invention ever.

Actually I will soon be purchasing a DVR, to go along with the 60" plasma HDTV I just bought last weekend, since I recently received a check in the amount of $$14K from my former employer the USPS, as a result of an "adjustment" of my ongoing disability pension, just haven't got around to it yet...>

Skedded is a common slang abbreviation for scheduled btw.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Ah, I have a shedded today too but alas I have a DVR ;-) Gotta have a DVR with a Plasma. What kind do you have and do you like it? I have an LG 50" but when I move at the end of the month, the 50 will go into a different room, replacing a 32, and I want to get a 60.

 

[tomdalton22]

As much as I love the Tigers I never DVR a game. If it isn't live I won't watch it.

 

[turok]

Ah, I have a shedded today too but alas I have a DVR ;-) Gotta have a DVR with a Plasma. What kind do you have and do you like it? I have an LG 50" but when I move at the end of the month, the 50 will go into a different room, replacing a 32, and I want to get a 60.

Its an upgradeable Samsung, currently has a dual-core processor that has a slot in the back where I can upgrade it to a quad-core processor. The HDTV is capable of displaying 3D formatted movies (included two pairs of 3D-viewing "glasses") and will be good for hardware and software upgrades for several more years, so allegedly to keep up with any improvements made by other manufacturers of comparable plasma HDTVs. Priced ~1K and I did shop around at several B&M store before buying it, might have gotten a better deal online, but my supposed better-half wanted a brand-new HDTV to replace our very ancient 36" analog tube TV like "yesterday".

Had to drive to a local Comcast office last Monday to replace their analog cable box that we had been using for an HDTV box. While waiting our turn, a woman was in line behind us and mentioned that she had bought a 50" LED TV as a gift for her favorite uncle, who was hospitalized for a month due to having treatment for prostate cancer. He was being released the next day, and she wanted the new TV that she bought @ Costco to be a surprise for him when he came home to recuperate. She had forgotten to bring his old analog cable box with her, and I told her that Comcast would probably not give her a new digital box unless she had brought along the old analog box. So she called her aunt and asked her to bring it over there before her turn came up in line. She being a tech luddite, then asked me if I would hook up and activate the digital box to the TV she bought and put in her uncle's bedroom, and I agreed to do it for her, so that the TV would be ready the next day, instead of her having to wait at least several days for a Comcast tech to come over and install it. She and her aunt very gratefully paid me $120 for what was a relatively simple task, after I finished up doing so later at her uncle's home.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Its an upgradeable Samsung, currently has a dual-core processor that has a slot in the back where I can upgrade it to a quad-core processor. The HDTV is capable of displaying 3D formatted movies (included two pairs of 3D-viewing "glasses") and will be good for hardware and software upgrades for several more years, so allegedly to keep up with any improvements made by other manufacturers of comparable plasma HDTVs. Priced ~1K and I did shop around at several B&M store before buying it, might have gotten a better deal online, but my supposed better-half wanted a brand-new HDTV to replace our very ancient 36" analog tube TV like "yesterday".

1K seems like a good price. I paid 2 grand or so for the 50 13-14 months ago.

 

[JScottWriter]

My friend is skipping work to go the game today, I did the same yesterday. And yes a dvr is a must.

 

[Rebbiv]

What's a skedded? No DVR, who doesn't have a DVR these days? Best invention ever.

Ummm....I have never owned a DVR and probably will never own one (or rent one).

I have a paid Premium Subscription to MLB.TV. I have already watched games this ST from the Wireless Blu-Ray Player (TV), my laptop and my Android HD phone.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Ummm....I have never owned a DVR and probably will never own one (or rent one).

I have a paid Premium Subscription to MLB.TV. I have already watched games this ST from the Wireless Blu-Ray Player (TV), my laptop and my Android HD phone.

More than just baseball though. Saving a movie is great but the best part is pausing live TV or even non-live TV. Best thing ever.

 

[bdtay1971]

More than just baseball though. Saving a movie is great but the best part is pausing live TV or even non-live TV. Best thing ever.

I rarely watch sporting events live anymore. I usually wait until about an hour into the game to start watching on the DVR. Skip all commercials and intermissions and usually end up catching up to the game towards the end. Saves a lot of time in my day. You just have to avoid all social media during the game!

 

[bdtay1971]

Wow! Kronenburg is extremely fast! Hit a ground ball to 2nd and beat the throw to first. Granted, it wasn't right at the 2b but wasn't exactly in the hole either.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I rarely watch sporting events live anymore. I usually wait until about an hour into the game to start watching on the DVR. Skip all commercials and intermissions and usually end up catching up to the game towards the end. Saves a lot of time in my day. You just have to avoid all social media during the game!

I do it at times too. Sometimes I can't get to the start of the game or I'm watching something else and want to watch the end. I save games if its nothing special I will eventually delete it. But I still have JV's two no hitters on my DVR.

 

[Rebbiv]

More than just baseball though. Saving a movie is great but the best part is pausing live TV or even non-live TV. Best thing ever.

I own over 600 movies. I have all 11 seasons of M*A*S*H on DVD, first 4 seasons of Two and Half Men, first 5 seasons of Big Bang Theory and the 3 seasons of Star Trek.

I have paid subscriptions to Netflix and Amazon Prime. Free Hulu. I have paid stuff at Vudu. I have On Demand with my cable company. There is virtually nothing I can watch that I cannot see later. Even MLB.TV will allow re-broadcasts.

I rarely watch TV shows live. Most shows are available online within 24 hours of broadcast.

I personally could live without live TV, as long as I have MLB.TV.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I own over 600 movies. I have all 11 seasons of M*A*S*H on DVD, first 4 seasons of Two and Half Men, first 5 seasons of Big Bang Theory and the 3 seasons of Star Trek.

I have paid subscriptions to Netflix and Amazon Prime. Free Hulu. I have paid stuff at Vudu. I have On Demand with my cable company. There is virtually nothing I can watch that I cannot see later. Even MLB.TV will allow re-broadcasts.

I rarely watch TV shows live. Most shows are available online within 24 hours of broadcast.

I personally could live without live TV, as long as I have MLB.TV.

That's you bro.. This wasn't about TV or no TV. But if TV is your biggest source, DVR makes sense for most of us.

 

[kalinecountry]

Actually I will soon be purchasing a DVR, to go along with the 60" plasma HDTV I just bought last weekend, since I recently received a check in the amount of $$14K from my former employer the USPS, as a result of an "adjustment" of my ongoing disability pension, just haven't got around to it yet...




Congrats on getting the $$$ out of them!!

 

[Mitchrapp]

Actually I will soon be purchasing a DVR, to go along with the 60" plasma HDTV I just bought last weekend, since I recently received a check in the amount of $$14K from my former employer the USPS, as a result of an "adjustment" of my ongoing disability pension, just haven't got around to it yet...




Congrats on getting the $$$ out of them!!

Yeah that's like a banner day. Getting money out of any employer is like impossible.

 

[kalinecountry]

Yeah that's like a banner day. Getting money out of any employer is like impossible.

Mitch, unless you worked for the post office like Doug and I did, you can't believe the shit they put worker through for an injury on or off the job. They controvert, deny everything.
PMS = postal management stress

 

[bdtay1971]

I own over 600 movies. I have all 11 seasons of M*A*S*H on DVD, first 4 seasons of Two and Half Men, first 5 seasons of Big Bang Theory and the 3 seasons of Star Trek.

I have paid subscriptions to Netflix and Amazon Prime. Free Hulu. I have paid stuff at Vudu. I have On Demand with my cable company. There is virtually nothing I can watch that I cannot see later. Even MLB.TV will allow re-broadcasts.

I rarely watch TV shows live. Most shows are available online within 24 hours of broadcast.

I personally could live without live TV, as long as I have MLB.TV.

I get MLB.TV each year because unfortunately I am stuck with dish network and they don't Extra Innings. The thing that sucks about MLB.TV's re-broadcasts is that when you go to select the game it shows you the score. I just can't watch a game when I already know the score, unless it's to reminisce a classic moment. All in all though, I love MLB.TV.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I've gotten MLB.tv in the past and looks like I need to get it again now that I'm moving. Not sure what I'll do about the Lions. Direct TV is so damn expensive for their football package.