Who Else Is Getting Ready for Yet Another Nor'Easter Snow Storm?

[Grace]

We used to lose signal in a heavy rain storm, and we had the same happen with both Dish Network and Direct TV. We went back to cable - better lineup, less money, and we don't lose signal.

When did you last have satellite? We had DISH about 7 years ago, and most every time it rained, we would lose signals for a short period of time.

We have DIrect now, and rarely lose during rain, and only a couple of short times for snow. The dishes now, at least those of Direct, seem to be much better than the older ones. And even if we should lose the HD channels, the SD are always on.

We went back to cable between the satellites - lousy picture quality; the HD/DVR boxes kept burning out; not enough HD channels.

I will stay with Direct as long as they are the ones with Mega March Madness I wouldn't give that up for anything

[sparks19]

yeah we only lost the signal for a short time. it's been back on for a while now strong and steady

So I just decided to go out and play in the snow LOL. It's up to my belly button in some spots :O I went and jumped into the biggest drift and for a brief moment thought "uhoh... I'm not gonna be able to get out of this" because everytime I put my arms down to push myself up they would sink down lol so I couldn't get any leverage. But as you can see... I made it.

It didn't help that Beezer was so excited by the whole thing that he was right on top of me lol

[pomtzu]

When did you last have satellite? We had DISH about 7 years ago, and most every time it rained, we would lose signals for a short period of time.

We have DIrect now, and rarely lose during rain, and only a couple of short times for snow. The dishes now, at least those of Direct, seem to be much better than the older ones. And even if we should lose the HD channels, the SD are always on.

We went back to cable between the satellites - lousy picture quality; the HD/DVR boxes kept burning out; not enough HD channels.

I will stay with Direct as long as they are the ones with Mega March Madness I wouldn't give that up for anything

I'm not sure which is the last one we had - the snow is covering the dish. They leave the dish but take the boxes. It's been a couple of years since we had the dish.

The reason my son dropped them in the end, was because of one of the salesmen. He was quoted a price to upgrade, and then when it came down to the nitty-gritty, said it was an error on his part, and couldn't honor that price. So Steve told him where to put his dish!!! We have 3 t.v.'s on cable (2 on HD), On Demand, both Phila and Baltimore stations and tons of channels, tho he doesn't subscribe to HBO or Showtime, plus the internet too. It comes to a lot less than he was paying for the dish service.