Today I am grateful for my Magnavox DVD recorder that my son bought for me over 6 years ago. I have gotten a lot of use out of it and it is still working good.. I know, we now live in the age of DVRs and what I have is; to most, obsolete Yet I am not one whom is easily persuaded to pay for television. Local channels don't come in well where I live, so for some years I was paying for basic cable at $13.per month. When the cable company decided to drop basic cable from their line-up and therefore raised the rate; I called and told them to cancel my service. The representative on the phone asked the reason and when I told I could not afford to pay the rate he asked if the could give me the same channels I had been getting for $5 per month. Of course I said yes and happily paid that amount for the next 2 years. When the cable company decided to raise rates once again, I canceled. I like to watch television, but I know I don't need to watch a lot of it and don't see why I should pay over $30 a month to be lulled into watching more of it. I do; however, have some favorite shows, and don't like to miss them when I have to out or when two of them come on at the same time on different channels. With my wonderful dvd recorder I don't have to miss them; as long I don't forget to do it, that is!
Thank you son, for this gift that keeps on giving.
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