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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2008TV trouble
TV? Television set? What has that got to do with cats? A lot! 13 years ago, I won a nice TV set in a competition (Jeopardy). It has worked all fine up to now, but during the last months it has started behaving quite badly. It has started to tell me when I should go to bed, or that I maybe should do some housework instead of watching it. The TV just switches off all by itself after a while. 45 minutes, 3 hours, it depends on the TV set's mood. I can bring it back to life sometimes by the old cure: Banging the top of it, but it doesn't help all of the time. So, I'm planning to get a flat screen 32" LCD TV set. Good idea, you would say, but there is one hatch to it... Teti, my much beloved, five years old Devon Rex. He just loves the old TV, he uses to climb on top of it, lay down and enjoy the heat from it. He can stay there for a long time, I think he believes that I watch him instead of the TV programme. So he stays up there, smiling at me, warming himself and have a good time. An LCD tv will not give him the same opportunities. It's too narrow to sleep on, and it doesn't give away the heat he wants. So, the question is: What should I do? I don't want want to be cruel to him by taking away this nice, warm resting place, but on the other hand, I don't want the cruel TV set to decide the time I should use for watching it, neither. It surely needs a replacement. It's a delicate problem: Should I be cruel to Teti by buying a new TV, or should I let the old TV set be cruel to me for ever? I need some advice here...  SignatureHans Schrøder han-schr@online.no <snip> > So, the question is: What should I do? I don't want want to be cruel to him > by taking away this nice, warm resting place, but on the other hand, I don't [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I need some advice here... That's a hard one! Would it be possible for you to have two TVs - one for you and one for your cat?<G> My new computer has the heat vent in a much more convenient spot for Sam, the cat, as there's plenty of room there for him to curl up (the other machine was much larger). I try not to think about what the cat hair is probably doing to the computer (it can't be that bad; fans blow out, after all, right?) but recently discovered another inconvenience when the keyboard suddenly stopped working entirely. Sure enough, Sam had dislodged the plug and of course my attempts to re-connect the keyboard were interpreted as a new and amusing game. I tried to explain that it's a little difficult to type with a mouse! And let's not get into cats, renovations, and the space under the bathtub. Sam is now barred from the bathroom entirely, much to his distress. Cheryl > TV? Television set? What has that got to do with cats? A lot! > [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > Hans Schrøder > han-s...@online.no You were on Jeopardy? Wow. RE: Your question: I had the same quandary when I went from the traditional computer monitor to a flat screen. Frank adjusted to the change quite nicely by lying on the space between the keyboard & monitor, so that I can't see a thing. :-) Sherry "Hans Schr?der" <han-schr@online.no> wrote: > So, I'm planning to get a flat screen 32" LCD TV set. Good idea, you would > say, but there is one hatch to it... Teti, my much beloved, five years old > Devon Rex. He just loves the old TV, he uses to climb on top of it, lay down > and enjoy the heat from it. He can stay there for a long time, I think he > believes that I watch him instead of the TV programme. So he stays up there, > smiling at me, warming himself and have a good time. > An LCD tv will not give him the same opportunities. It's too narrow to sleep > on, and it doesn't give away the heat he wants. > So, the question is: What should I do? I don't know if this will be at all meaningful to you, but a few weeks ago I was in a coffeeshop, where I saw the coolest works of art - old TV sets that had the front part (the glass, where you watch it) covered over with colored glass mosaic patterns. The TVs were plugged in and were on. You could see light through the patterned colored glass, and you could see movement, but it just looked like a trippy light show. You couldn't see what was happening on the TV. The sound was off. I just thought they were wonderful! Maybe you could do something like that, if you're artistic? If you don't know what mosaic is, you could try googling "mosaic art" or "glass mosaic", and you'll get some good responses, I'm sure. The colored glass mosaics look a lot like stained glass patterns, but the technique used to put it together is very different. You have to glue the pieces *onto* something else. Artists also make mosaics out of stones, ceramics (including broken dishware, often referred to as "broken crockery"), and whatever else they think might look interesting. This way, you'd have a reason to keep it, but you wouldn't have to watch it, and Teti would still have his sleeping spot. Probably not the practical advice you were looking for. :-/ Joyce <bastXXXette... > "Hans Schr?der" > > So, I'm planning to get a flat screen 32" LCD TV set. Good idea, you [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > see what was happening on the TV. The sound was off. I just thought > they were wonderful! DH is into doing stained glass. It is really cool and you should see our window in the livingroom. <G> > Maybe you could do something like that, if you're artistic? If you don't > know what mosaic is, you could try googling "mosaic art" or "glass [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Joyce It's a great Idea Joyce:) Kyla "Hans Schr?der" <han-schr@online.no> wrote: > It's a delicate problem: Should I be > cruel to Teti by buying a new TV, or should I let the old TV set be cruel to > me for ever? PS - I had the same thing happen when I changed my old computr monitor to a flat-screen one. It's been over 6 months since the change, and both Roxy and Smudge (especially the former) look up to the top of the monitor as though they're thinking about jumping up there, then they think the better of it. Old habits die hard... SignatureTo send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. > TV? Television set? What has that got to do with cats? A lot! > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > I need some advice here... Could you put the old tv somewhere else and plug it in for him? Joy "Joy" > "Hans Schrøder" >> TV? Television set? What has that got to do with cats? A lot! [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > Joy Great idea:) Kyla > So, the question is: What should I do? I don't want want to be cruel to > him by taking away this nice, warm resting place, but on the other hand, I [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I need some advice here... How much do you care about your power bill? If you don't mind the extra expense, you can plug the old TV into a different plug in with the picture dimmed and the sound off and then watch your new TV. Bet Teti adjusts to the new one by sleeping in front of it, the way mine did with my new computer monitor We finally had to put it up on a wooden box so that I could see it over the cats. Pam S. > TV? Television set? What has that got to do with cats? A lot! > [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > I need some advice here... Sounds like some of the electronic controls may be on their way out. I don't want to worry you, but electrical faults are a major cause of house fires. Too much of a risk, for you and your master. Either get rid, or get fixed. NOW!!!! LCD and plasma TVs also use three times the amount of electricity as a CRT display. SignatureMatSav > Sounds like some of the electronic controls may be on their way out. I > don't want to worry you, but electrical faults are a major cause of house [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > LCD and plasma TVs also use three times the amount of electricity as a CRT > display. I didn't know that. I need to replace Rob's TV here in the bedroom (the picture is slowly getting darker and darker) and am just starting to do my homework. Recommendations? Pam S. intrigued >> TV? Television set? What has that got to do with cats? A lot! >> [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > LCD and plasma TVs also use three times the amount of electricity as a CRT > display. I would swear you were being an alarmist, only I did have a computer monitor catch fire a few years ago. Come to think of it, that is the only thing ever to catch fire in my home or office. Jo > "MatSav" <matthew | dot | savage | at | dsl | dot | pipex | dot > | com> wrote in message > news:ZOqdnfM6lrtng0PanZ2dnUVZ8h6dnZ2d@pipex.net... >> ...electrical faults are a major cause of house fires. Too >> much of a risk, for you and your master. Either get rid, or >> get fixed. NOW!!!! > I would swear you were being an alarmist, only I did have a > computer monitor catch fire a few years ago. > > Come to think of it, that is the only thing ever to catch fire > in my home or office. As did I. Fortunately, it wasn't at home - it was at a Scout HQ, and was extinguished before any major damage occurred. The fault was thought to have originated at the removable power lead connection socket on the monitor, as there were signs of arcing. The symptoms were similar to the OP - cut-out without any known reason after a random time. SignatureMatSav > "Jo Firey" <jofirey@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message >> I would swear you were being an alarmist, only I did have a >> computer monitor catch fire a few years ago. >> >> Come to think of it, that is the only thing ever to catch fire >> in my home or office. > As did I. Fortunately, it wasn't at home - it was at a Scout HQ, > and was extinguished before any major damage occurred. So, I guess nobody liked my mosaic idea? :) OK, I didn't really think anyone, much less Hans, was going to jump on it for real, but I *did* think it was a very cool idea. And not technically my idea at all, but that of the artist. I wish I could post photos. I'll bet she has a website, but I don't remember her name at the moment. Joyce SignatureTo send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. > MatSav <matthew | dot | savage | at | dsl | dot | pipex | dot | com> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Joyce I loved the mosaic idea! Not something I'd bother trying to do, but cool. Jill > So, the question is: What should I do? I don't want want to be cruel to him > by taking away this nice, warm resting place, but on the other hand, I don't > want the cruel TV set to decide the time I should use for watching it, > neither. It surely needs a replacement. It's a delicate problem: Should I be > cruel to Teti by buying a new TV, or should I let the old TV set be cruel to > me for ever? I recently upgraded my pair of CRT computer monitors (2 x 17-inch) to a large flat-screen display. Willow has until now done the same as Teti - slept blissfully on top of them for warmth in the winter. After the new screen arrived, she thought she would do the same and jumped up onto it! I don't know who was more horrified - me at the imminent destruction of the new screen, or her at the sudden lack of standing room`2 She hasn't tried it again but still looks at it and doesn't quite believe her old sleeping spot has shrunk to only one inch wide. Poor Willow. Mummy is cruel. Deb. Signaturehttp://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield > TV? Television set? What has that got to do with cats? A lot! > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > I need some advice here... Buy the new TV, then fit a shelf above it, maybe with a heat pad, for Teti's exclusive use. If you make proper arrangements he may forgive you in time. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > Buy the new TV, then fit a shelf above it, maybe with a heat pad, for > Teti's exclusive use. If you make proper arrangements he may forgive you > in time. I did that, not so much for the cats as for a place to put the satellite receiver and some of the sound system speakers. I have to put a smaller shelf over the receiver to keep cats from sitting on it, and worse, throwing up on/in it. A for heat, plasma TVs give off more heat then LCDs (but cost more to operate). SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@mst.edu) > TV? Television set? What has that got to do with cats? A lot! > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > I need some advice here... I must say that Teti has you quite thoroughly trained. To the point you confuse inconvenience with cruelty. (But Teti likely confuses them as well) He will survive. He will probably demand quid pro quo, but they do that anyway. And a little unasked for advice. I really liked our LCD TV that we put in the bedroom. But after two years we are having fits with 'image retention'. They insist it isn't burn in as the process is different. But the results are the same. Next time I'll go with a name brand like Sony rather than try to save money with a less well known brand. Next time I'll go with the extended warranty as well, as long as I'm sure that's covered. Extended warranties are a rip-off, but so are televisions that don't last two years. Jo > ... a little unasked for advice. I really liked our LCD TV > that we put in the bedroom. But after two years we are having [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > covered. Extended warranties are a rip-off, but so are > televisions that don't last two years. The average lifetime of a plasma TV is only 5,000 hours (about 5 years worth of normal viewing). LCD TVs fair a little better. Take a look at http://www.lcdtvbuyingguide.com/lcdtv/lcdtv-lifetime.shtml for just one source of advice. SignatureMatSav > > ... a little unasked for advice. I really liked our LCD TV > > that we put in the bedroom. But after two years we are having [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > covered. Extended warranties are a rip-off, but so are > > televisions that don't last two years. > The average lifetime of a plasma TV is only 5,000 hours (about 5 > years worth of normal viewing). LCD TVs fair a little better. > Take a look at > http://www.lcdtvbuyingguide.com/lcdtv/lcdtv-lifetime.shtml for > just one source of advice. I had my last TV for 20 years. And it wasn't the screen that stopped functioning when I finally replaced it. I've had my current TV (also LCD) for 11 years, still in perfect condition. Not sure I ever want to buy a plasma after hearing all this! Maybe I'll wait until they improve the lifespan before plunking down megabucks on one. Do the same problems exist for flat-screen computer monitors? I would imagine so, but I'm not sure how much alike the technologies are. I've had my current flat screen for about 6 months, so it's too soon to tell how long it'll last. My last monitor did bite the dust. I had it for 7-plus years, which seems like kind of a short lifespan to me, but the people who did QA on those probably didn't put sleeping cats on the heat vents. :) Joyce SignatureTo send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. > So, the question is: What should I do? I don't want want to be cruel to him > by taking away this nice, warm resting place, but on the other hand, I don't [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I need some advice here... How about cleaning out all the cat fur that must have accumulated inside the TV by now? ;) Who knows, it may just need a clean-out and will then work for another 13 years. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. "Marina" >> So, the question is: What should I do? I don't want want to be cruel to >> him by taking away this nice, warm resting place, but on the other hand, [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > the TV by now? ;) Who knows, it may just need a clean-out and will then > work for another 13 years. Good advice Marina:) LOL Kyla --wondering what I'm doing up at 4 am
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