Comments on: Labour charges, that’s how they getcha! http://www.consolehopping.com/2009/05/27/labour-charges-thats-how-they-getcha/ Updated Tuesdays and Thursdays Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:16:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Deth Invictus http://www.consolehopping.com/2009/05/27/labour-charges-thats-how-they-getcha/#comment-2173 Deth Invictus Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:30:03 +0000 http://www.consolehopping.com/?p=230#comment-2173 Feed that rat bastard to the hobos.....do it.....you know you wanna..... *grrrr* Feed that rat bastard to the hobos…..do it…..you know you wanna….. *grrrr*

]]> By: Lou Manglass http://www.consolehopping.com/2009/05/27/labour-charges-thats-how-they-getcha/#comment-1910 Lou Manglass Thu, 28 May 2009 13:13:14 +0000 http://www.consolehopping.com/?p=230#comment-1910 That's why I do all my own low-voltage wiring past the service box. Even if they're not crooks, they often don't know signal from noise and almost seem to go out of their way to make things worse. To be fair, on more than one occasion I've actually had a highly-skilled and competent service-person who did a fantastic job. Then there was the guy who told me that I couldn't hook up my digital audio to my new HD satellite box because it didn't have an optical audio out port. Not only did it have the port, it was quite clearly labeled and right next to the component video cables, plus it was in the picture-based quick setup instructions! It really could not have been more obvious. I know many people are on board with HDMI now, but I can't possibly be the only person who still uses digital audio and component video. Anyway, I plugged it in and it worked fine right off the bat. That’s why I do all my own low-voltage wiring past the service box. Even if they’re not crooks, they often don’t know signal from noise and almost seem to go out of their way to make things worse.

To be fair, on more than one occasion I’ve actually had a highly-skilled and competent service-person who did a fantastic job.

Then there was the guy who told me that I couldn’t hook up my digital audio to my new HD satellite box because it didn’t have an optical audio out port. Not only did it have the port, it was quite clearly labeled and right next to the component video cables, plus it was in the picture-based quick setup instructions! It really could not have been more obvious. I know many people are on board with HDMI now, but I can’t possibly be the only person who still uses digital audio and component video. Anyway, I plugged it in and it worked fine right off the bat.

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