Pip Pip

One of the things that we were planning to do last week, before events intervened, was to buy an HDTV and the Verizon Fios HDTV service; part of the reason for that was that I wanted to upgrade the viewing experience, including getting the Picture In Picture function, which allows you to watch two channels simultaneously. Hurrah, no more lets get back to the first one to see if its back yet! Now I find that while some HDTVs do have it (LG, our first choice, doesn't), the PIP function doesn't just work -- you need two distinct video feeds -- either one from the cable/satellite, and one from a DVR or the like, or a split input from cable/satellite, each with its own tuner to feed the two images.

I am bummed. As things go, it's pretty minor, but still: bummed. Technology: FAIL.