{"id":43,"date":"2008-03-31T08:51:02","date_gmt":"2008-03-31T13:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.99:8888\/blog\/2008\/03\/31\/1206971462137.html"},"modified":"2008-03-31T08:51:02","modified_gmt":"2008-03-31T13:51:02","slug":"blogentry-disappointed-in-comcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.morinfamily.com\/?p=43","title":{"rendered":"[BlogEntry] Disappointed in Comcast"},"content":{"rendered":"

So last night, for the first time in a long time, I decided to get the Wrestlemania PPV. It was to be Ric Flair's retirement match, and that alone was worth the price of admission. I figure the show starts somewhere around 7:30 or so, with a bunch of previews to lead up. I wonder aloud to Kerry over dinner how this will work, since everything is "On Demand" these days – will I actually have to be sitting at the TV right when it starts, or will it be the sort of thing that just turns on, and I get to watch it whenever?<\/p>\nAround 6:30 or so I start looking for it on the On Demand Guide (which has its own button on my remote control, after all), and I can't find it? Odd. I find a number of things called Wrestlemania, all of which are "free previews." Never the actual event. I wonder if, because it is live, that I will be able to turn it on closer to the start time. Seems odd to me, but the evidence is there in front of me, I can't see it.<\/p>\nFinally as it approaches 7:45 and I've checked the website to see that the show started at 7pm, I call Comcast. What follows is the gist of the conversation:<\/p>\n"I can't find Wrestlemania on my On Demand Guide."<\/p>\n"I'm sorry to hear that, sir, would you like me to go ahead and order that for you over the phone?"<\/p>\n"Why can't I find it?"<\/p>\n"I don't know, sir, but I can order it for you right now."<\/p>\n"Well did it start 45 minutes ago?"<\/p>\n"Yes."<\/p>\n"And will I be able to start it from the beginning?"<\/p>\n"No, sir. But after it is over, it plays again from the beginning."<\/p>\n"So you're telling me to watch 3\/4 of it, and then at midnight, go back and watch the first hour?"<\/p>\n"I'm just saying that it repeats, sir."<\/p>\n"Ok, I guess I'll order it. So how do I find it?"<\/p>\n"Turn to channel 401."<\/p>\n"401? How would I have ever known that?"<\/p>\n"I don't know, sir. Is it on?"<\/p>\n"Yes. Cool. Thanks. Now this is being recorded, right? Like when I get other On Demand shows and they are in my DVR section?"<\/p>\n"No, sir. You'll need to press your record button."<\/p>\n"And then I'll be able to change the channel?"<\/p>\n"No, sir."<\/p>\n"Is this in HiDef?"<\/p>\n"No, sir."<\/p>\nOy. Something dawned on me after — not all PPV is "On Demand". Wrestlemania is still an old fashioned "event" PPV where you have to sit and watch it live. I'd forgotten those exist. I just assumed that once it had begun, I would be able to watch it whenever. I also learned later that it was broadcast in HD as well, but that cost extra money – something the operator never told me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So last night, for the first time in a long time, I decided to get the Wrestlemania PPV. It was to be Ric Flair's retirement match, and that alone was worth the price of admission. I figure the show starts somewhere around 7:30 or so, with a bunch of previews to lead up. I wonder […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.morinfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.morinfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.morinfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.morinfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.morinfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blog.morinfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.morinfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.morinfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.morinfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}