A TV Collector's Catch 22 (rant)

[madlabs]

Hey, I'm all for tolerance. Like what you like. But by dragging your odd interest into view you take the chance of negative reactions. In this case, your avatar and your post put it out into the public to comment on. So don't be surprised when people comment, after all this is a public forum. Nobody cares if you like to watch MLP in your bedroom but that doesn't mean they want to hear about it. And a lot of people find a grown man watching cartoons geared for young females creepy, myself included.

Originally Posted by MadMan

*scratches head*

Aren't you guys, you know, like... adults? Shouldn't you be a little more mature and respectful of other people's opinions and feelings? I mean... I'll grant you, I felt similarly back in the day, so I understand the way you feel, but I kept my opinions to myself instead of openly insulting people in a public place. And when I started getting into mlp, I took a lot of this kind of crap from the 12-18 year olds in my gaming community, but they were kids, ffs.

Jesus, it's just a tv show I like.

[maxhifi]

Originally Posted by madlabs

a lot of people find a grown man watching cartoons geared for young females creepy, myself included.

+1, especially those of us who have raised girls, and spend time watching the show with them.

My daughter lost interest after she was around 10, but not before lots of money was spent on merchandise!

[Chip Chester]

So anyway, I bought a time-shifting OTA DVR two days ago, from MicroCenter, for about $50. It gets program guide info, HDMI and composite (and perhaps RF) output, and records on a USB drive. No stated limit to size of drive. We'll find out about skippability in the next day or two, but the others like it I have will let you do anything. It records MPEG2 Transport Stream, so it's the equivalent of the RF signal off-air, just without the RF.

A bank of them would be about $300-$400 if purchased from non-brick-and-mortar vendors. Then you could record every time segment you wish, on every station, and play back as desired. All for free until the feds make the stations sell their spectrum...

Chip