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Comment on The Big Debate: Cable Vs. Satellite TV by rmbrruffian

rmbrruffian — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:58:59 +0000

We’ve had both cable and satellite. Dumped the cable, currently have satellite. It is true that storms and heavy clouds, and also solar flares can disrupt satellite reception. However, we have had days where we couldn’t get a cable signal, either. Then Comcast keeps jacking up the prices, and takes away more channels. So we dumped them. My son got direct tv. Some difficulty when heavy storms in the area, but I don’t like watching tv during storms anyway.
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Comment on The Big Debate: Cable Vs. Satellite TV by Ses

Ses — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:56:59 +0000

Hi. We have satellite. It goes out once in awhile, but not alot. I would give it a try and you will save money. Good luck & Peace
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Comment on The Big Debate: Cable Vs. Satellite TV by Chuck D

Chuck D — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:54:59 +0000

I know several people who have Direct TV, and they hardly ever lose the signal. You can also get a dish that's larger than the standard one, and also some kind of covering that can block out some rain and snow. I also live in Michigan, and we've lost our Charter cable signal due to weather problems. The cable companies use advertising to make the satellite problems sound worse than they are. In fact, I almost switched to Direct TV. Unfortunately, I have 10mb internet, and the fasted DSL offered in our area is 1.5mb. For now I'm going to suffer with Charter to keep my fast Internet connection until the DSL speeds pick up.
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Comment on The Big Debate: Cable Vs. Satellite TV by R T

R T — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:52:59 +0000

We switched to satellite about 8 years ago for similar reasons. The only difference is, we are in a house that we own. BTW, the outage due to weather issue is blown waaaay out of proportion! We lose ours maybe 5 minutes over an entire year!

The big issue you will face in an apartment is that you must have a view of the southern sky. If you are on the north side of the building, you may not be able to get satellite reception to work. If you can see the southern sky, there are various non-penetrating antenna mounts that can be used to set you up.
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Comment on The Big Debate: Cable Vs. Satellite TV by Keith M

Keith M — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:50:59 +0000

I’m switching to satellite because of price and cable is not perfect. They loose there signal do to weather also.

I’m in Michigan and lost most of my channels for a couple of hours one afternoon but not any of the local broadcast channel. So with nothing to watch I watch a local new program with weather. Guess what, I see this big snow storm south of me on the TV’s radar image where the cable company satellite dishs are located that pick up all that wonderful TV programing. When the storm passes, all my channels are back.

My backup plan for a imperfect world, have some video’s or a couple of hours of my favorite program recorded on the DVR.

Good luck.
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Comment on The Big Debate: Cable Vs. Satellite TV by bella

bella — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:48:59 +0000

you should stay with your cable satellite sucks so stick to cable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
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Comment on Satellite TV Questions and Answers by Electro-Fogey

Electro-Fogey — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:47:59 +0000

Since nobody’s answered during the last 2 days, even though I hate to do it, I’ll send you to this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTA_Receiver
I know it’s just Wikipedia, that anybody can find, and I don’t have any FTA knowlege, at least you can find out some stuff here, and the wiki page has links to better info, so start there.
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Comment on The Big Debate: Cable Vs. Satellite TV by Amy

Amy — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:46:13 +0000

The Cable vs. Satellite Debate?
I did some searching on here before I’m posting this question but I didn’t find a question with the same circumstances that I have. I live in an apartment building Brooklyn and I currently have service with Cablevision in HD (with DVR). The cost is killing me and I see Direct TV has some incredible promotional offers right now (with DVR, of course). Even after a year when the promotional pricing ends, it’s still 30% cheaper.

I always hear about satellite service getting disrupted because of heavy rain, but my cable has gone down for up to 4 hours at a time for various reasons. I’ve tried the rabbit ear antennae and I couldn’t get any signals.

Taking customer service, equipment quality, price, and service reliability into account, should I stay with my cable service or switch to satellite?
I already spoke to my super who told me I can put the satellite on the roof with no extra fee on my rent.

Comment on Satellite TV Questions and Answers by hunniebuggs

hunniebuggs — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:45:38 +0000

satellite questions??? can you help??? points goes to the whom answers all questions the best….?
just discovered the fta system, have lots of ?’s. plz help!!
1-best system 4 beginner
2-wat do i need
3-can direct tv dish be used w/ any fta receiver in sc, usa
4-legal or illegal, where’s proof that it’s legal if so
5-wat is lnb & 4×1 diseqc switch
6-is computer needed 4 anything 2 use fta r’cvr
7-wat is smart card reader & card
8-anything 2 download, if so where
9-how does channels get programmed
10-wat channels should i expect – sports/news/movies/non english
11-wat size dish do i need
12-how do i know if i view a channel that is illegal – or is it something that i would have to do intentionaly (don’t want channels that r illegal)
13-wat does encrypted mean
14-wat is it that needs 2 b downloaded & how & where
15-wat type r’cvr is a good one, where 2 get it & wat’s the cost
16-is it worth messing with
17-is it easy to install & get a signal
18-when ppl say it goes out, wat do they mean & how do u get it back on

any additional info will be helpful…
THANKS!!

Comment on 5 Signs That Satellite TV is Right For You by ragingreb

ragingreb — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:14:59 +0000

I'M NOT A CRIMINAL,IT WOULD BE VERY BORING TO WATCH ME.IF YOU DO NT WANT A SATELLITE WATCHING YOU GET A UMBRELLA.BEWARE OF THE BLACK HELICOPTERS TOO.
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