Computers. TV's. DVD players. iPhones. I use them all but just barely know the basics. And if something goes on the fritz, forget it. I'm lost.
So a few years ago when I got rid of my cable subscription because I never watched television (just DVDs), I lost the ability to watch TV in my bedroom. Then the other day it dawned on me: I had an old DVD player in the basement just collecting dust. Why not connect it up to the little TV in my bedroom and I could watch DVDs once in a while in bed. Now, both of these pieces of equipment are ancient. I've had the TV for at least 25 years. Would this idea even work? I found a bunch of cables in the basement and tried to connect it to the DVD player, which itself was at least 15 years old. I tried all these different cables that I had, all with different end pieces, and nothing would work.
My next idea was to bring everything to a Radio Shack in the city and throw myself at the mercy of one of the store clerks. I went to the store on 6th Avenue and 23rd St. He was very friendly, a young guy (of course). I explained my dilemma. He said "Oh yeah, this happened to my Grandmother once...we were over at her house and wanted to hook up our video game player to her TV and it was really old...you need this converter box." Chagrined I told him I loved being compared to his grandmother...we both laughed. The box was about $30 dollars, but I thought if it worked it'd be worth it.
So I got it to Sag Harbor and tried hooking it up. The instructions were way too hard to follow. I decided to keep plugging different wires into different holes until--God help me--it worked. After several failed attempts, SUCCESS! I can't tell you I knew what I was doing, but I was just overjoyed the damn thing was playing correctly.
So that weekend I had my morning coffee in bed watching episodes of my Jonny Quest Boxed set.
I was in technology heaven.
Here's the set-up in the bedroom...
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