Recent content by DeborahK

Armin, I am a DirecTV user and own a JVC SVHS recorder. I have the second setup you describe -- sat to vcr using S-video then to my TV using S-video and I get a great picture and great recordings -- even when I am just recording in VHS (instead of SVHS). The only slight drawback is that you...

Thanks, Andrea! (I hope Mike doesn't mind sharing his hugs.:D ) And Mike, thanks for the link to your Best Buy saga. I actually followed your quest for preferred customer status for many months. Deborah

Well, at least you didn't get that insulting invitation to spend $200 that Carlo got! I guess Mike and Malcolm are correct -- there is just no rhyme or reason to any of this. And I usually get those "Preferred Customer" weekend coupons in the mail and this time I got nothing. I sure could use...

I finally caught up with this on my TiVo. I have to confess that I find it very entertaining, if a bit predictable -- at least so far. I am a lot more interested in the personal, practical, and social problems the characters face as a result of having had various lengths of time pass since...

I see two potential hurdles: 1. Will they accept the coupon in the store when you try to renew; 2. will people who are using someone else's coupon to renew actually ever get the two promised certs. There could be some checking before the certs are mailed -- especially is they get flooded with...

It is possible that the UPC code goes with the offer and not with the account -- I did wonder if that might not be the case. I guess we will not know for sure until someone tries it. Don't you think it's odd, however, that you did not receive any offer to entice you to re-up? Seems to me that...

Hi, Carlo, I guess it is worth a try. But might not the UPC code on the cert be tied to her account? For what it is worth, the UPC on the offer I got was different. Deborah

Okay, I went back and checked the RZ renewal offer I got by e-mail from Best Buy. They offered me three months free if I renewed by 7/14 -- not a very impressive offer, so I passed. Also, the bar code on my cert was most definitely different than the one on Andrea's cert. So, it looks like...

Yes, California was a test market for RZ -- this will be my third year if I renew. The first two years were free. I looked over Andrea's printed cert more carefully, and think that it probably is specific to her, because it mentions how much she earned in certs over the last year. I only...

Thanks, Andrea! I, too, expire on 7/31. I was not going to renew it this year, but all of a sudden I need to buy a new television for my mother's house, and so it seems worth it. I am going to do this on Saturday, so hopefully this will work. Deborah

Dave, Thanks for the suggestion. If you think that is a safe thing to do, I will go ahead and do it. It is, in fact, how ten years ago I got the one that is now on the fritz. I really thought that television should have lasted longer than it has, but I guess maybe ten years is not such a bad...

This seems so out of place in a forum with such great discussions of high end displays, but I am stuck. My very edlerly and infirmed mother is still living at home with 24 hour a day care givers, and the television the caregivers use has gone on the fritz. The current set is a 25" Magnavox...

Kevin -- now that you have finished season two, go back to "When She Was Bad," the season two premiere, and watch it again. It is amazing how the events of the whole second season are pretty much layed out in this opening episode, something one can't really appreciate until you have seen it all...

Andy, Thanks for the reply. Too bad about the restoration videos being out of print -- bummer. I wonder if we will see any of the kinds of DVDs you suggested. It seems to me that they would sell well, but with Stewart's current woes,they might be reluctant to launch anything of this...

I would definitely be interested in some themed DVDs from MS. BTW, are the home restoration videos still available at K-Mart? Are these just tapes, or are DVDs available? Thanks, Deborah