replaytv
i like my replaytv. but man is it a pain in the backside sometimes. it got into an endless please wait reboot loop. the solution seemed to be to re-image the hard drive. which i did. no joy. several more times with variations of the theme. including low level format. and using the correct image. duh! still no joy. used a different hard drive. success! briefly. then back to the please wait reboot thing again. replaced the drive's cabling. reseated every set of wires that could be reseated. success! put the cover back on. fail! whine. repeat. this time being very very careful to not joggle the power supply daughter board thingy when putting the cover back on. happiness. sorta. i know it's only a matter of time before it breaks again. i tried watching shows over the internet. the quality sucked. and the commercials were over the top bad. you could mute the show. but not the commercials. fuckers. and if you walked away from the computer to get a sammich during the commercial, when you got back the show was running. and it was really goddam difficult to watch the parts you missed without watching the fucking commercials again. fucking fucker fuck job. fuckers.