Wow!  This morning when I posted my random rant about Comcast, I was just venting.  Now, I’m actually pretty irritated.  These guys are apparently stalking the internet looking for anti-Comcast blogs (or Blorts™ in this case) to respond to.

An hour ago, I received the following comment response from some douche named Frank Eliason:

ComcastCares July 12th, 2008 10:35 pm

Actually in most of the DVR’s you can do that. There will also be an enhancement that allows the DVR to recognize a show that was already recorded, even if it is listed as new in the guide info.

To record by time, select Set a Recording, Create Manual Recording

Well then, smartass.  Thanks for the advice, but I was actually alluding to the ability to program something called a “schedule.”

For example, with this function I could set it to record Channel 653 from 11:35pm to 12:35am and…(now here’s the part that would actually make it fucking useful) I could say that I wanted to record that slot every weekday (or each Sunday, etc…).

This way, I wouldn’t have to waste space saving the two-week-old rerun of Late Night with Conan O’Brien that airs at 3:00am in order to ensure that the new episode I recorded earlier in the night doesn’t get taped over.  Or I could set a schedule to manually record each Sunday night episode of The Simpsons, without the DVR also recording the 4,000 repeats that play throughout the rest of the week.

The steps you’ve suggested only let me record one show at a time, which is pretty much useless.  In fact, your idea does the exact same thing as simply pressing the record button while looking in the guide…except it takes 10 times longer!

So, thanks for stopping by to try and prove me wrong with your awful advice, Comcast!  It sure is nice to know that you have designated retorters on your payroll hunting down websites to save face on, but perhaps it would be more useful to hire people who can recognize good ideas when they see them?  Maybe next time I’m looking for television, internet and phone service, I’ll head on over to a company that isn’t busy being simultaneously condescending and wrong.

Oh, and while I’m at it, your HD programming is fucking weak and anyone with half a brain knows that your “More HD” advertising campaign is purposely and obviously misleading.

Fuck you, Comcast!