We got "IPTV"

Craig works in the IT industry. As such, we have all kinds of telly, DVD, and cable equipment all over the house. We have 2 tellys, at least 6 TV remotes, a complicated (and currently redundant) music system, a great iPod music system, and surround sound.

If Craig ran off to join the gypsies tomorrow I wouldn't have a clue how any of it worked. Sometimes he falls alseep on a Saturday night and the DVD we watched is finished and I have no idea how to make the telly go back to normal channels. This is either a testament to his IT genius or my total lack of IT skills - I'm not sure which.

Today we took it to a whole new level. We are now "IPTV", which stands for "Internet P'blah-blah Television" or something like that. In essence, it means our phone service, telly/cable and internet are now all competely offered over the internet.

We now have 300 channels (including BBC America, Sky Sports & Big 10 Network), a DVR to record shows, "picture in picture" options and an interactive Yellowpages that is set up for our zipcode, oh yeah, and interactive games.

I must say, the picture quality is much better than anything we had before. I also know that I'll love the DVR to record sports events. I like the idea of everything fast and efficient and only 1 bill (right now though we'll still get 2 bills - one for phone, one for everything else). This is a great thing.

I just hope Craig doesn't get the "gypsy urge" anytime soon.