Annoyed with Comcast
I was particularily annoyed with Comcast last night. Several stations were have some issues (the picture kept breaking down, similiar to what happens when you have a scratch on a DVD and the sound kept fading in and out), including one of the stations I planned to watch–SciFi.
See, it was Tuesday and that means time for an all-new episode of Eureka. Fun show, nice summer time diversion.
But I couldn’t watch it last night. Well, I could–in between the image breaking up, the sound fading in and out. Call me crazy, but I like to see and hear what’s going on in the show. The verbal barbs the characters trade are funnier when, oh I don’t know, you can hear them!
Anyway, I called Comcast and got the usual b.s that it was issues and they were working to resolve them. Yeah, not very hard since this had happened for several hours that day. I didn’t check this morning any of the affected stations because I was too busy trying not to throw up from the unrelenting Barry Bonds coverage (seriously, ESPN…there were other teams playing last night. Did you just flash scores on the screen for every other major league game? Oh wait…I’m sure you showed full highlights of the Yankees because heaven forbid be not see those!)
Anyway, I hope this problem is fixed soon….as in by Friday night when Flash Gordon premieres.
It’s not like Comcast really cares…they’ve got a monopoly on the local cable market and they know it.

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