Adventures in Dumping Cable for Internet TV, Part 2

(Catch up with Part 1 here)

We forged ahead with the laptop repair, and luckily, Best Buy ended up solving the initial dilemmas for us.  When the laptop came back for the 4th time still broken, they agreed to honor the terms of the Black Tie Warranty and replace the computer.  I opted to take the value in a Best Buy gift card, and this was enough to purchase a Mac Mini (we decided on the lower-end $599 version), plus about half the cost of a new TV…Please read the rest of this post at the new home of this blog, here.  Thank you!