Digital Cable vs. Satellite

[Lobodeb]

We have Dish and LOVE it! We live in the windy city and rarely have problems with losing the signal. Only in really bad storms. What I love is that you can specify what types of channels you get. For example, we have Dish Latino because my husband likes to watch the Spanish channels and with this package, you get more Spanish channels than you would normal cable or any other Dish package, for that matter. You can even pay your bill through your tv! I love that part. Ours also came with a DVR (TiVo) I love it and hate it at the same time. hehe I never miss a show, but on the flip side, I'm spending all my time catching up on shows I've missed rather than say "oh well." and move on. lol

[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.