Re: [OT] Tragedy, narrowly averted

On 2025-02-06, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

Saturday night, my life changed. Our U-Verse DVR went out, and I lost
all my taped programs and the ability to tape, pause and fast-forward
any shows, on any TV. The satellite U-Verse TV still worked, barely.
I had to start fooling with the paradigm and remotes provided by Hulu,
Apple+, Netflix, Paramount+, Roku, Samsung, etcetera. I never bothered
to do that before. It sucks, but I learned a little.
Today, an AT&T tech showed up and reminded me that U-Verse is unsupported
technology, but he'd see what he had in his truck. What he had, after
some serious monkeying with my system, worked.
I'm back, Baby!

Congratulations.  I've been exclusively streaming on my smart TV
since 2018.  A single remote does it all.  We like it a lot better
than linear TV.  We don't watch any sports, but I'm given to
understand there are live streaming services for that.

--
Cindy Hamilton