Digital Cable vs. Satellite

[borzoimom]

Direct TV is attached to a pole at our place.. And my daughters- you will have to put the pole up ( a 4x4 ) but they had no problem doing it..Want a picture of it? I will be glad to take one for you..

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

My hubby used to have satellite TV, but I didn't like it. He would have to wait until the bad weather passed to be able to watch TV. We now have digital cable and love it! We have Video On Demand, the one where you can play, stop, rewind, fast forward etc. all the movies that you order.

[Freedom]

Just over a year ago, I changed the entire house to digital cable. Prior to the switch I had
- two bills for 2 phone lines (same company, but Verizon doesn't combine bills!)
- a bill for long distance (one line only)(on a package plan)
- a bill for cable TV
- a bill for ISP for the computer

It is now all on one bill, and I am saving $60 per month. Digital cable went out once in 14 months. Believe me, the company went to work fixing it FAST as a load of people were off line and calling it in. The transformer 4 streets away died/fried something like that. Took less than an hour to fix. Only problem was, with the whole house, I lost everything ha ha.

Last month I upgraded the TV part to Hi def, as we bought a new TV.

Because I was streamlining everything, satellite TV didn't enter the comparisons.

Don't know if this helps or further complicates the issue!

[CountryWolf07]

I'd stick with digital cable than satellite -- I wouldn't like it when the weather interferes with the satellite..

[Craftlady]

We love our dish t.v.

[Maresche]

We've got Direct TV in Northeast Ohio and despite all the snow we get, it has only gone out on us twice. All we needed to do in both those cases is brush it off with a broom (the dish is attached to the side of our house just above head level so we don't even have to stretch).

When we left Adelphia, it took them 4 months to disconnect us from "the pole" whatever that meant, and we continued to get bills until that was done. I was not at all pleased.

[Catty1]

I'm trying to get a service that will give me about 3 channels...and an amplified antenna doesn't work!

There must still be small dishes I can stick on the deck of my condo...oh well...I just don't want to pay $35 a month for a gazillion channels I don't want!

Good luck deciding!