With reference to yesterday’s strip. I am SO going to borrow today’s strip and share it at work! As someone who works in tech support for an ISP, mainly computers and Internet connections, but also covering our TV receivers and occasionally remotes that are either missing or out of juice, or occasionally half-eaten by dogs or two-year-olds or a combination of the two, this is fairly dang accurate. Our receivers have three small but clearly visible buttons on them: Power, and channel Up and Down, which are marked accordingly, and located in-your-face. From our calls, I gather that 99% of our clients have no idea what those buttons are for, or indeed noticed that they are there in the first place. “But how do I access those buttons?”“Just walk over to where your TV stands, and press the buttons on the receiver.”“Without the remote?”“Yes, without the remote.”“Just like in the old days?”“Exactly! Simply imagine you’re back in the Seventies.”“Wow! That’s really simple! I had no idea!” And so on, and so forth. Mind you, people born around ’77 or later may find it hard to relate to the Seventies reference. Also, most TVs have buttons either in front or along one of the edges (my old Sony has them along the top edge) which helps with basic operations, usually Power, Channel* Up and Down, Source* Up and Down, Volume Up and Down, and perhaps even a Menu button to access the, uh, menu, where you use a combination of the above to navigate the menus and make your selections. It WILL help if people have a look at the TV set and the accompanying conglomerate of related boxes, and realize that what’s generally perceived as a “magic box” is really quite understandable, even to the relatively non-technically minded layman. For comparison: If you’ve ever learned how to drive a car, you can learn how to operate your TV, with ease. * TV tuner channels, for those who use analogue cable or aerial, which is a shrinking demographic these days.** Source refers to the connectors on the back and/or sides of the TV set.
Toonerific over 8 years ago
inshadowz over 8 years ago
With reference to yesterday’s strip. I am SO going to borrow today’s strip and share it at work! As someone who works in tech support for an ISP, mainly computers and Internet connections, but also covering our TV receivers and occasionally remotes that are either missing or out of juice, or occasionally half-eaten by dogs or two-year-olds or a combination of the two, this is fairly dang accurate. Our receivers have three small but clearly visible buttons on them: Power, and channel Up and Down, which are marked accordingly, and located in-your-face. From our calls, I gather that 99% of our clients have no idea what those buttons are for, or indeed noticed that they are there in the first place. “But how do I access those buttons?”“Just walk over to where your TV stands, and press the buttons on the receiver.”“Without the remote?”“Yes, without the remote.”“Just like in the old days?”“Exactly! Simply imagine you’re back in the Seventies.”“Wow! That’s really simple! I had no idea!” And so on, and so forth. Mind you, people born around ’77 or later may find it hard to relate to the Seventies reference. Also, most TVs have buttons either in front or along one of the edges (my old Sony has them along the top edge) which helps with basic operations, usually Power, Channel* Up and Down, Source* Up and Down, Volume Up and Down, and perhaps even a Menu button to access the, uh, menu, where you use a combination of the above to navigate the menus and make your selections. It WILL help if people have a look at the TV set and the accompanying conglomerate of related boxes, and realize that what’s generally perceived as a “magic box” is really quite understandable, even to the relatively non-technically minded layman. For comparison: If you’ve ever learned how to drive a car, you can learn how to operate your TV, with ease. * TV tuner channels, for those who use analogue cable or aerial, which is a shrinking demographic these days. ** Source refers to the connectors on the back and/or sides of the TV set.
Dani Rice over 8 years ago
You moved to a cabin to enjoy nature and took the TV with you?
slsharris over 8 years ago
hardy stock = lazy a$$ — in this case