Embracing Technology

Lately and I do mean over the past year or so my television habits have changed quite a bit due to my work schedule and amount of travel I do. Except for hockey I tend not to watch too much in the way of “live” television. Thanks to the internet and the progress of streaming technology I am able to download or stream almost all the shows I would have watched during their original broadcast times. I must admit I do like to watch shows on my schedule and yes I could get a PVR but I do not see the need at this point as everything I like to watch is easily accessible.

As my tagline from my title says I am a Geek and do like technology, it has changed my viewing habits and allows me to watch what I want when I want. Isn’t Technology Grand!

Hearing Voices

Over the past 6-8 weeks I have been hearing voices, but it is not what you are thinking. These are real voices and no I am not paranoid. Let me explain I have a tv in my kitchen and about 2 months ago I had it on Arts and Entertainment Channel (AETV) when I thought I heard voices. At first I thought maybe my other TV was on and after checking and finding my other TV was off I was kinda thinking I was imagining the voices. Over the next few days I experienced the voices several times and was not able to figure out where they were coming from. Each time I heard the voices I would mute the TV and listen only to have the voices disappear. It took me a few days to figure out that the voices were coming from the TV and only when the TV was on AETV. Also the voices only emanated from my TV in the kitchen. After figuring this out I started to see if I could figure out what the voices were and possibly where they were coming from. Problem was the voices were very faint and were mixed in with the TV sounds, but after some intense listening I figured out it was a police radio.

Strange thing about the interference is it does not happen all the time and only on the one channel and on my kitchen TV. I figure it is someone with a police scanner but I have yet to find anything on Google so I am not sure if that is possible. Still it is the only thing that makes sense, I just wish I could figure it out because it is irritating the crap out of me. Other irritating thing is if I wanted to listen I cannot because the interference is too low to make out most of the transmissions.