Will the wife/girlfriend admit "she loves it"?

[wannabepvr]

Story 1:
We had a Christmas party at our house on the weekend. A guy came up to me and said “I hear you have built yourself a PVR – what’s it like?”

I just said some cool and non-committal things like:

“It will change you live forever….”
“It a big step on the road to enlightenment…”
“Only after a PVR could you die a happy man..”

That sort of stuff. Any way he asked; “Can you show me?” “Sure”

So I had just opened the EPG and he said “Stop right there … I HAVE to show my wife this.”

Now she come in and we navigate thought the menus, EPG, schedule a recoding from the EPG, recordings database, play some live TV, time-shift, weather, etc.

The guy is just so excited he says to his wife “what do you think?” She looked at him calmly and said “ Well the recording bit looks easy, but I still don’t get it.”

My wife walks in and adds “Yeah, it’s OK”

Story 2:
We have only had GBPVR in the living room now for about 3 months. Prior to that it was something I tinkered with in the study.

Now I want to do some software updates, a new tuner, bigger HDD etc, etc. You all know how it goes.

I said to my wife last night. “What you say if I wanted to take the PVR away to work on it for a day?”

She looked at me horrified and said “It depends on which day!”

Could it be a common theme ? – Guys work so hard to convince their wive/girlfriend how good this will be, and when it is, they just don’t want to admit – we told them so.

[nightwalker]

Oh, you have that so right. Been down that same road. You'll only know you've made it when you take it away for a day.

you know, like right after an upgrade and nothing works, you're bleary eyed, have to be at work in an hour and you haven't been to bed yet.

You know for sure when you get that call at work asking why it's not working?

[capone]

My wife could not believe it was not butter.

My girlfried was angry that I was married. She also wanted me to explain why she was always out of margerine.

Both agree GB they can't do without.

I am another matter entirely.

[psycik]

I think my "defining moment" for the wife, was when we were out at relatives and she says...."ooooh we forgot to tape ....." I calmly walked over to an open internet connection, brought up the web admin, and set it to record the show.

Ooooh yeah, I'm the man!!

[wannabepvr]

psycik: I calmly walked over to an open internet connection, brought up the web admin, and set it to record the show.

Ha. I must remember that one next time I forget my shining armour!

[groover km]

I think my "defining moment" for the wife, was when we were out at relatives and she says...."ooooh we forgot to tape ....."

LOL - I thought my wife and I were the only ones who still say 'tape'... we risk sounding like dinosaurs in front of the kids.

[reboot]

"The" moment came, when my wife saw her recording for the first time on the TV from the PVR...without having to figure out a VCR tape and remote, without having to put in a disk I'd burned, "just use the arrows and Enter" I said.
The next day she made me buy her a PVR-250 for HER computer, so she can record all her own stuff...then my daughter saw it, then my son...
So now we have 5 computers with tuners, recording who know's what, at all times of the day, and they can watch what they want, when they want.

Total peace and harmony in my household since then

[capone]

Actually, that day is every day, when you have kids, and you don't need to
a) cruise the channels to see what's on/approproate and
b) don't have to fumble through tapes/DVDs (which are getting worn out/scratched, too).

[darisb]

My wife will only say that "it's ok" also, but have it miss one of her recordings and watch her stomp around the house in a foul mood all night.

[Ron22]

My wide wont say she likes it but she did have me buy MVP #3.
She records her soaps on a VCR still and every thing she have me record on "that computer thing"