yay for old technology

So BBC America broadcast "The Next Doctor" here tonight, and I recorded it two ways -- first, with my relatively new DVR, and second, with my decidedly old VCR, using this thing that's called videotape. (As in actual tape. Anyone remember that?)

Guess which worked?

And okay, sure, the videotape recording isn't "digital," but it's, you know, there. Which the DVR recording is not. Or at least, not all the way through, because it cut out before the end, and this was despite the fact that it correctly identified the show as being broadcast to 10:15. Problem is, the show actually ran to 10:19. But I always put extra leeway on my VCR recordings, so the videotape picked up the whole thing.

Sometimes old ways are still the best ways.

yay for old technology

So BBC America broadcast "The Next Doctor" here tonight, and I recorded it two ways -- first, with my relatively new DVR, and second, with my decidedly old VCR, using this thing that's called videotape. (As in actual tape. Anyone remember that?)

Guess which worked?

And okay, sure, the videotape recording isn't "digital," but it's, you know, there. Which the DVR recording is not. Or at least, not all the way through, because it cut out before the end, and this was despite the fact that it correctly identified the show as being broadcast to 10:15. Problem is, the show actually ran to 10:19. But I always put extra leeway on my VCR recordings, so the videotape picked up the whole thing.

Sometimes old ways are still the best ways.

four episodes in . . .

. . . and I am getting seriously hooked on Merlin.

For all I know, it's been canceled for a year and a half by now in the UK, but here in the US it's just starting to get shown -- on NBC, of all stations, which is about as mainstream as you can get. It's awesome that we're getting the original and not an American remake, although it's probably getting cut to make room for commercials (but hopefully not too badly). Anyway, I've been really enjoying it so far.

Oh well, what's another fandom between friends?

four episodes in . . .

. . . and I am getting seriously hooked on Merlin.

For all I know, it's been canceled for a year and a half by now in the UK, but here in the US it's just starting to get shown -- on NBC, of all stations, which is about as mainstream as you can get. It's awesome that we're getting the original and not an American remake, although it's probably getting cut to make room for commercials (but hopefully not too badly). Anyway, I've been really enjoying it so far.

Oh well, what's another fandom between friends?