Bah.

[cellio]

Two identical VCRs, two shows to record. One records Enterprise just fine. The other records less than one minute of West Wing and then stops. Naturally, the one that failed couldn't have been the one picking up the show with a rerun later this week. Bah.

No idea what happened. It's not a programming glitch, and there's no obvious physical problem with the tape.

Last time this happened (cable outage, not hardware failure) one of my west-coast friends came to the rescue (because we were within the three-hour window caused by prime-time airing), but I'd feel awfully sheepish about asking again.

Comments

[estherchaya.livejournal.com]

I'm nearly positive we have both Enterprise and West Wing on Tape (the same tape actually). I'm sure we can mail the tape out to you if you have the need. I can probably put it into FedEx from work tomorrow (I get a corporate discount on FedEx that makes it about the same as post office prices) so you'd have it Saturday or Monday at the latest.

That is, if Seth's done with the tape. Otherwise, I'd have to put it in on Monday, and you'd get it Tuesday.

[cellio]

anisodragnfly is local to me, but thanks for the offer! (Ironic that I was offering you (well, Seth) taping services this week before your cable came back... good thing you didn't rely on me. :-) )

[estherchaya.livejournal.com]

heh heh. well, fortunately, our cable did come back. I'm glad you'll be able to watch WW. Let me know what you think of it... I have my opinions but I'll keep them to myself for the moment (no guarantees about what will happen in MY journal though)