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Russic · 08-26-2009, 11:11 AM

I have an old PVR. I'm a bit of an early adopter and I picked one up several years ago. Considering the harddrive is pretty much constantly spinning I'm impressed as hell it's lasted this long (about 5 years). I won't bore you with the details, I turned it on and it was flashing as I'd never seen before. I unplugged it for about 5 minutes, plugged it back in and the same thing happened. The power button appears to not even do anything. I called Shaw and all they said was that they were going to have to send a technician, but the guy was using words that lead me to expect the worst.

Let's assume my PVR is destined to be 6 feet under. Personally I'm not that enthusiastic to buy another HDPVR for $600 (ballpark) nor do I really want to up my cable bill by $15-$20 per month to rent one. I have an Apple TV and despite a general "meh" feeling in the tech community, I really like it. I could probably get by just fine without a PVR or cable for that matter ... do you think if I called shaw and said "cancel my cable outright" they might offer me something to stay on? What kind of offer do you think they might throw my way? What if I called Bell and said I was interested in switching?

If anybody has any experience with that I'd love to hear it. I'm just trying to weigh my options here. I'd love to go sans cable and just use itunes, but I'd be lying if I said the loss of NHL Centre Ice wouldn't be devastating. I've tried it online, but I don't know how I'd watch the games on my tv without buying another computer to hook up to the TV.

So if anybody has any stories about switching tv providers or knows of a solution to my NHL Centre Ice issue I'd dance at your wedding to hear them.

08-26-2009, 11:11 AM	#1
Russic Dances with Wolves Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Section 304 Exp:	So My PVR Just Died I have an old PVR. I'm a bit of an early adopter and I picked one up several years ago. Considering the harddrive is pretty much constantly spinning I'm impressed as hell it's lasted this long (about 5 years). I won't bore you with the details, I turned it on and it was flashing as I'd never seen before. I unplugged it for about 5 minutes, plugged it back in and the same thing happened. The power button appears to not even do anything. I called Shaw and all they said was that they were going to have to send a technician, but the guy was using words that lead me to expect the worst. Let's assume my PVR is destined to be 6 feet under. Personally I'm not that enthusiastic to buy another HDPVR for $600 (ballpark) nor do I really want to up my cable bill by $15-$20 per month to rent one. I have an Apple TV and despite a general "meh" feeling in the tech community, I really like it. I could probably get by just fine without a PVR or cable for that matter ... do you think if I called shaw and said "cancel my cable outright" they might offer me something to stay on? What kind of offer do you think they might throw my way? What if I called Bell and said I was interested in switching? If anybody has any experience with that I'd love to hear it. I'm just trying to weigh my options here. I'd love to go sans cable and just use itunes, but I'd be lying if I said the loss of NHL Centre Ice wouldn't be devastating. I've tried it online, but I don't know how I'd watch the games on my tv without buying another computer to hook up to the TV. So if anybody has any stories about switching tv providers or knows of a solution to my NHL Centre Ice issue I'd dance at your wedding to hear them.