Cable or Satellite tv?

[cignus_pfaccari]

Something I noticed with my parents' dishes is they tend to get hit by lightning rather more often than one might think. I think they're on their 6th or 7th dish since '98 or so.

Edit: Also, I noticed their picture does tend to degrade in heavy weather that doesn't affect my cable. It's not *common*, but it's noticeable.

Brad

 

[John Crichton]

I have question for the Enworld users and this the best place for technology talk. Most who have read my threads has help me a lot in the past so I trust their feedback . I need help deciding to either staying with my Comcast or go to a satellite tv service like Direct TV. Who here has Cable and who has Satellite TV and why you like them?

Just go with price and the package your are looking for. We use DirecTV because of the NFL package which no one else offers. And living in New England we also get all the NY and Boston local sports networks (YES, NESN, MSG, etc.).

We also get a discount for having AT&T phone + internet.

So like others above I'd just go with whatever package saves you the most money and has the selection of channels you want.

 

[TheYeti1775]

Basically it turns into a preference choice.

Personally I have Comcast. I'm on the Internet all the time when I'm actually inside the house.
For the Football package I just go over to my dad's house 5 minutes away. Cable is unavailable there. So he has DirectTV.

My neighbor has DirectTV, and storms seem to affect him when heavy. So does wrapping his dish in Aluminum Foil for April Fools Day
Generally we are both happy with the service we get as far as programming goes. But than again neither of us sit and watch TV 24/7. I do like the On Demand stuff Comcast has though.