Cable TV vs Satellite TV

[arabianequine]

Dish network def. and you can record stuff so you don't miss your favs. and then you can watch them when you have time. It is the best.

 

[LindsayB]

We use comcast digital cable....cable, internet, phone and alarm in one. I have no complaints. You can record shows, order movies, etc. My in-laws have satelite and every time a storm comes their tv goes out.

 

[Sooner]

I have sat. because that is the only thing I can get where I am at. It is Dish Network, it does go out in a very heavy downpour but once that passes it comes right back, it doesn't go out everytime it rains.

 

[australorpchick]

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I'm glad your decision has worked out for you. However, your response did not answer the question that I asked. If you can't stay on topic, please feel free to resist the urge to impose your own personal views on others. Thanks!

 

[ams3651]

we used to have some issues with reception in snow or rain storms. its very windy up here and one day i just knew it was moved. when the technician came out he found that of course it moved, the installer hadsnt screwed it to a roof stud! he moved it over a few inches and we havent had any outage issues since, not more than a few minutes in a hard down pour. And with the $6 monthly maintance fee the tech visit only cost me $15.

 

[Spookwriter]

I have had both Dish TV and Direct TV.

Have Direct TV now. Price is about the same, within a few dollars.
While our Dish TV would go our in a small storm, the Direct almost
never goes out. And then only for a few minutes.

The reason I switched was over Dish TV's failure to respond to service
calls in a timely fashion. Your area could easily have a much better repair
service than mine.

On the remote control, I found that Dish had a more user-friendly control.
Felt good in my hand.

For me, Direct TV was the better deal.

 

[woodmort]

When I first moved where I now live 45 years ago we got one channel--CBS--on an antenna because of the way the valleys and peaks are in this area. While they had cable in town we are 2.5 miles too far out. After a couple of years I finally put in a C-band dish and loved it--during the first couple of years everything was free. When the small dish took over from that I went with Dish-Net and have been with them ever since. We have two receivers so we can watch two different stations on different TV's in the house plus have cable all through the house so we can hook a set in most anyplace--currently we have 4: livingroom, familyroom,bedroom and kitchen. (I'm a bit of electron nut so have a mutlisystem that lets us watch stuff from a variety of sources on any of the sets.) We have the most expensive package Dish-net offers but only the sport premium channels--we prefer to rent movies from Netflix so we can stop/start them when we want to. We also subscribe to a service for the networks getting two feeds, one from each coast--we had to get a waiver from local affiliates to be eligible for that. Yes, we briefly lose picture 4 or 5 times a year when a thundershower comes up but it returns--frustrating but not a deal breaker considering when the power is down and we go on the generator we get TV whereas those on cable do not. In the years we've been on Dishnet the price of our service has stayed about the same whereas the Time/Warner cable in town has more than doubled and they don't get as many channels.

BTW, Luddites aside, I'm a big college sports and baseball fan and wouldn't be without the ability to watch teams play all over the country. Generally I've got the closest TV tuned to one of the ESPN channels, Fox sports or local sports' channels. IMHO satellite TV will give you more for your money.

 

[gryeyes]

I absolutely love my DirecTv satellite service. In really bad, HARD downpours over huge areas, not just a local squall, it does pixilate the picture a bit, but only for short periods... The audio stays good. In storms, I often see the message on the screen that the receiver is looking for a good signal on the second channel, but the channel I'm currently watching doesn't drop. Odd.

But I love the service. Love it. Would never ever go back to cable.