08-04-2026 — Actively Painful

Howdy all. Beautiful, but chilly, start to the day. Was a cooool 54 this morning, per Alexa. Headed to 80 or so. I’ll likely be indoors though. The new TV is listed as “out for delivery”. Lots more to do with the switchover.

Much more empty now.

At least now I have a good reason for my back to be hurting.   Pretty much ready for new setup. One minor fixable thing.  The new soundbar is like 3/8 inch too long to fit in that cubby hole.  So it will end up on top like the old huge Bose box.  Or I could just put it in on that 📐 angle.  😛

The blue box is the AT&T 5G gateway that also needs returned.

I’ve trash bagged up all of the Spectrum boxes and cables and power cords.  They are now ready to be returned to the Spectrum store, as soon as I set up an appointment to cancel all services.

And, I logged out of all apps on the TV before shutting it down. I’m not even sure I know all of the passwords.  So that will be interesting during setup.  
Today, around noon, the new TV arrives.  There will be a lot fewer power cords and connections. I foresee one power cord from the TV, and one from the soundbar, plugging into the power strip on top of the stand. And the HDMI eARC from soundbar to the TV, and an Ethernet cable from the EERO gateway to the TV. Oh, and an HDMI from my computer to the TV too. That should be it.  

When I purchased the TV, supposedly unboxing and placement comes with the delivery.  We will see if it really happens. Or will I be using the motorcycle lift as an intermediate step to get it on top of the stand.

This is the old TV behind the motorcycle stand, and the Bose soundbar, sitting on top of the DVD player, and the new Echo Cube TV units. This stuff will either be used by a family member in their son’s “clubhouse”, or I will trash can it all.

They came before noon and unboxed the new TV and took away the trash after plugging it in and putting it on top of stand.   Thank them so much!! I tipped them $40 as a thank-you.  

I then hooked up the various cables/wires for it and the soundbar. Just about then, my brother showed up to pick up the old TV/Soundbar/DVD player/Echo Cube TV/stuff for his grandson’s clubhouse. I tossed in a set of WiFi 6 TP-Link mesh routers.  

My brother insisted on helping, and he started logging into the apps and adjusting the various settings. After he left, I reset stuff to where I want it to be. The TV works and sounds great.  However, I do need to organize the wires in the back. But not for a day or three until my back pain lets up a bunch.  When I got up this morning I thought it was not going to be too bad.   I was wrong!!  Ugh! 

I did sign up for YouTube TV.  But I can’t get Disney and HBO again until I cancel Spectrum.  Those apps won’t let me use same email for a new account. I now need to log into the Paramount app, and the YouTubeTV app, on the TV and get those active.

I am actually considering whether to add the Apple TV subscription. Not sure.

You can see the annoying power cables dangling in the back of the unit. I want them to “hide” towards the middle of the TV, instead of staring at me..

This transition is getting closer to completion, and I may soon be able to put this period into the past, and Enjoy Life