My work on the cabinets didn’t proceed as quickly as I had thought. So while I have a new Internet-ready TV, I’ve only had a few hours to experiment with it.
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\nThe idea struck me to get an Internet-ready TV a few weeks back. I’ve been writing about such things for a while, so I figured it was a logical step. Besides, between subscribing to Netflix on-demand and other Internet services, does it really make sense to subscribe to cable TV any more?<\/p>\n
To prepare for the TV, I’ve spent the last month remodeling my bedroom. It all began when I discovered that there was a gorgeous wood floor beneath the carpet.<\/p>\n
I live in an older home, built in 1949. Often such homes were built with hardwood floors, but then in the 1960s or 1970s, the owners felt that wall-to-wall carpeting was a better deal.<\/p>\n
Wrong.<\/p>\n
So I pulled up the carpet, sanded and finished the floor. Then I painted, added wainscoting, and remodeled a cabinet so that the HDTV would fit. I also threaded some Ethernet to the new cabinet. Even though I can get Wi-Fi in my bedroom, I felt a wired connection would be more secure and stable.<\/p>\n
Yeah, all that took a month.<\/p>\n
So today, my son and I picked up the TV and set things up. That was just about three hours ago. Wednesday I’ll give a more thorough report on how it all works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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