… and baby makes TV
Dr B. has treated himself to a brand new toy: a shiny top-of-the-range Sony RDR-HXD910 DVD Recorder With 250GB HDD. It pauses live TV, has a massive 250GB storage and lets you watch a programme from the start while it's being recorded. It has a DVD recorder, built-in Freeview and a host of other features I'm sure I can't even spell.
I still have not dared using it, I fear I'm going to bugger it up and I'm terrified of having to repay it: a quick calculation tells me that I would have to work for a little under six months just to afford the remote control. Plus, Dr B. has started calling it 'baby' – never a good sign.
He installed it on Sunday and it replaces the VCR, the Freeview box and the DVD/CD player. Less cables! Easier to clean! He played with it for a while, then went to lie in bed reading the instructions manual. This, together with a grey sky and the night drawing in, gave a distinctive Christmas feeling to the weekend that was coming to an end. I almost had another piparkökur moment.