The Apple of my eye

The saga of my TV has finally come to a very happy ending.
I've been able to watch DVD's on my BluRay player for a few weeks now, and at last I was able to hook up my AppleTV box this week.
I bought it on sale a few weeks ago at RadioShack and me being me, I procrastinated hooking it up mainly because I DREAD dealing with anything electronical. I'd rather eat ground glass.
So there it sat in the bag in the cabinet until I got the wherewithal to try to figure it out.
Now, I know that Apple as a rule makes their products extremely easy to initiate and use, but I was still apprehensive. My fears came true.
I learned that the AppleTV black box needed to be plugged directly into the TV itself. "But I have a flatscreen television mounted on the wall," I said to myself..."how is that gonna work?" Precisely.
It wasn't. Ugh. Now what to do?



My friend Doug gave me the solution: he suggested getting two large black Command picture hanging strips (my FAVORITE product of all time, btw) and attach the box to the wall behind the TV. The box is not that deep and therefore wouldn't "pooch out" the TV too much. It turned out perfectly.



I was all set to go...so when I plugged in the box with the HDMI cable you can imagine my chagrin when NOTHING HAPPENED. The screen stayed black. "Oh, Lord. Here we go again" I thought. "This is why I hate electronics."
So a few days went by where I didn't even want to think about it. Then I was telling my friend Rick about the problem and he said "Why don't you go on YouTube and see if there's a tutorial video on how to hook it up." He was right. There were many videos. I watched the very first one and right away I figured out the problem: I HADN'T PLUGGED IN THE BOX WITH THE ELECTRICAL CORD. Lol. Who knew that at the bottom of the container box was another black cord hidden by a cardboard sleeve? And who knew that I'd be such a dummy to not realize the contraption needs power to run??
So sure enough, once the power cord was in place, voila!, the AppleTV screen flashed on!! Amazing! Whew! I spent a few minutes maneuvering around the screen with the little remote provided and learned it was, of course, true to Apple fashion, super easy to use. I downloaded the YouTube and Hulu apps right away, and now I've been watching programs for the last two days. "The Twilight Zone", "The Brady Bunch", "I Love Lucy", "The Dick Van Dyke Show", "Gillagan's Island", "Lost in Space", "The Beverly Hillbillies" and on and on and on, so many great shows, so many hours of entertainment to come! What more could you ask for? And the best part is that it's only $7.99 a month, NOT $100 like cable! That's music to my ears.



So all's well that ends well with The Odyssey of Ron's Televison Woes. Thank God.