We've been having trouble with the Dish Network satellite lately. It always cuts off in heavy precipitation, but something broke last week, and we can't pick up any signal at all any more.
Eri has been hoping to buy a Roku to compliment our NetFlix subscription. And she figured if we cut off the satellite and Tivo, we'd have enough money for the Roku.
Unfortunately, Melissa wasn't very happy with that idea. She overheard the wrong thing, and thought we'd be cutting off the TV altogether. Even when we explained that we wanted to replace it, she wasn't very happy.
Of course, I promised not to turn off the Dish unless we all thought the Roku was a suitable replacement. But I needed to sell it somehow.
So I came up with The Awesome Channel. I should've been in marketing.
Read on to see how it all transpired.
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