Tonight I sit here enjoying the ability to watch videos online without hiccups on my laptop while my husband watches the NBA Finals in high-definition on our new big screen TV. Yes, Christmas came early for us this year even though we’ve not gotten a stimulus check.
My spouse had been yearning for a bigger TV, so when the old one finally died I gave in to him. This started a domino effect of additional expenses. I’m talking everything from a new entertainment center to a new cable package and several things in between.
That cable upgrade came today. Now, for $2 less than we were previously paying for cable and internet, we’re now getting HD cable, a DVR, higher-speed internet and a phone. While I’m loving the faster downloads, I’m not so certain about the other new toys.
Can you believe it? Me, an “early adopter” of so many things just now getting a DVR and not being excited by it? I just don’t see how having the ability to record more TV is going to give me the time to watch more TV. And, do I really want to watch more TV? And, for some reason it bothers me that we will now have a landline in the house. It’s been six years now since we went all-cell-phone and I’ve had no regrets.
Some say we’re digital life trendsetters. Some say I’m damaging my daughter with cellphone radiation. Some would call it being frugal; and, the expense was a major deciding factor for us. But, another nice side effect has been the reduction in annoying sales calls or canned recordings from politicans wanting our vote.
So, while we now have a phone number that is tied to the house, I won’t be giving it out to anyone any time soon. And, if my husband feels the urge to go out and actually buy a phone to hook up to it, that will be his choice alone. Me, I’ll put my effort toward getting my mother onto Skype.
But, I’ll be counting down until the college football season starts when I’ll be loving watching my LSU Tigers in HD!
One Response
June 11th, 2008 at 10:43 am
I know there are those among our fellow “digital life trendsetters” who are uber-wired into *everything*, but I’m just as pleased to mix-’n'-match. You know I’m a huge Twitter user and keep my own blog. Oh yeah, and I’m a professional blogger, too.
But I don’t have cable — much less a DVR — or a smartphone or even a digital camera. (I borrow my wife’s camera if I really need one.) Over time I *may* get all of these things, but I feel no pressure to hurry.