I Suck At Televisions

today is a very joyous day.

with the nice weather today, my favorite brother-in-law (pj) left work a little early. as he had some free time, he stopped on by to help me pick up a television.

this past weekend, karen and i went to a local appliance and hdtv store called kahians located up the street on route 53 in hanover. as it was a tax free weekend in the state of massachusetts, we figured we'd finally get that television that i have been saving up for and coveting.

although it did take some convincing (or possibly it was the fact that the pregnancy hormones worked in my favor), we did agree on getting the 52" sony bravia lcd television (model kdl52w4100). when it comes to electronics... it has to be sony. (i should be a spokesperson for sony... like jared is for subway, only goofier looking.)

needless to say, we purchased the television. the only problem, however, was that the television was not actually in the store. the television had to be shipped from its warehouse in franklin. since we were waiting this long for the television, we didn't mind waiting a few more days.

anyway, the television came in yesterday. so, pj and i picked it up today. and like any kid on christmas, the both of us tore through the box to play with the new television.

(pictured below is the television in its very temporary location.)


we hooked the cable up to the television just to see what it would look like... and then... nothing but white noise. we couldn't get a cable signal. we tried numerous times to set up the cable... each time it did not work.

well, pj had an appointment to get to so he had to leave. shortly after he left, i went to investigate the cable problem. it turns out... the cable at the other end (not the wall) was not plugged in so the television was not going to receive any signals. d'oh! apparently, i had disconnected that cable a while ago when i was moving the other television into the bedroom.

anyway, all is well again in my little world as the television is now receiving cable signals. now i'm just waiting for the wall mount to arrive, and then i'll truly be ecstatic. actually, once verizon fios tv comes to norwell, i'll be ecstatic because we'll actually have high definition then. but... it's a start.

after all, baby needs a new television!