Old Dog, New Tricks

 They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks.  And maybe that's based on a little bit of truth.  But I can also say that's not the whole story.  I think old dogs CAN learn new tricks, but they don't learn them on their own very well.   And yes, I'm talking about me.  And a little bit about my mom! 

First for me.  I got my first flat screen "smart" tv in 2016.  I was a late bloomer in this category because I didn't watch much tv in the first place.  And the tv I had, one of those really big old clunkers, played my DVDs just fine! so why change??  But I did.   Little did I know that in six years, tvs would change by leaps and bounds.  It's downright overwhelming at times.  And yes, I used to depend on my son to help me out with all this tech stuff that was new!   But back to the story ....

About 10 days ago, both my tvs have stopped playing HULU.  I had no idea that the software would change and between this company and that company, updates weren't going to happen any more and poof, no more HULU.  During my off working hours, I spent every minute researching "tricks" if you will, to get HULU back to working, including resetting the tvs back to factory defaults, etc.  It didn't work, and I finally stumbled upon the Vizio website that told me they weren't going to be upgradinng my version of TV any longer.   We have truly come to a throwaway world.  The last TV I owned, I had it for nearly 15 years.  UGH.

So. Off to the store I went to get a streaming DVD player.  Got it home and read the box:  does not support HULU.  Back to the store to return it.  And now I seem to be faced with the truth that I have to buy a new TV.  UGH.   Thank goodness they're not $1000 any more!   I read somewhere that I could hook up a ROKU.  I tried that once in the past, and didn't like it at all and took it off my tv.   I haven't found anything else streaming that plays HULU.  So I plugged in my old Wii console.  Hulu is on that, but .... I can't get it to connect.   instead, I turned on the Wii, put new batteries in the Fit Board, and am entertaining myself for the time being.  But the *joy* of Wii Fit won't last long - - - I'll need to decide on a new TV soon.   Yippee.