No one was allowed to use magic within the vicinity of the lounge; unlike Hogwarts, the Godric's Hollow house wasn't drenched in centuries upon centuries of magic that made Muggle technology unreliable, if indeed it worked at all. They had discovered however, over the past week, that the residual magic that was there made the telly flicker a bit, and actually using magic within the vicinity of the lounge made the it buzz with static and threw the VCR into fast-forward. Hermione supposed they were just lucky the house had power points; Harry's parents must have bought it from one of the very few Muggle families who lived obliviously in the mostly wizarding community, or perhaps a squib who had been up to date with Muggle advances.