Thinking about ditching cable for one of the two "deals" out there for cheap satellite tv. Any thoughts or advice?
Clarkbar2311 said:Thinking about ditching cable for one of the two "deals" out there for cheap satellite tv. Any thoughts or advice?
Semipro said:You might want to consider using neither. If you have a good broadband connection you can get just about anything you want that way. Technology and content is moving that way. Netflix is now the largest Internet bandwidth user during prime time. You can also use an antenna for over the air transmissions of digital channels.
CTwoodburner said:Semipro said:You might want to consider using neither. If you have a good broadband connection you can get just about anything you want that way. Technology and content is moving that way. Netflix is now the largest Internet bandwidth user during prime time. You can also use an antenna for over the air transmissions of digital channels.
So you can get all the live sports on the internet? NOT! It all depends on what you want to watch...
Semipro said:CTwoodburner said:Semipro said:You might want to consider using neither. If you have a good broadband connection you can get just about anything you want that way. Technology and content is moving that way. Netflix is now the largest Internet bandwidth user during prime time. You can also use an antenna for over the air transmissions of digital channels.
So you can get all the live sports on the internet? NOT! It all depends on what you want to watch...
Agreed, it does depend on what you watch. But I get live sports OTA on the major networks though not as many as you can get on cable or satellite. I usually just nap through them anyway, especially baseball and golf.
cncpro said:I just came off of Dish Network and started Direct TV. I wish I could get on one of the entry level packages that most here are talking about but my wife & I watch a lot of TV and she's pretty insistent about having certain channels so we have a pretty big package.
We were spending $100 with Dish and now with Direct TV we're at about $80/month for a special deal on their Premier package. After the first year this will cost us $129 if we don't remove some items. I don't think I'll be willing to pay that much.
My biggest gripes with Dish Network were:
1. The DVR box would crash constantly. Replaced at their expense, crashed some more, replaced again, more crashing... NEVER AGAIN Dish !
2. I also found the Dish website to be confusing. When considering a special package it is nice to be able to see what the price will change to for the duration of the 2 year contract. Direct TV shows you exactly what you'll pay.
We are really liking the Direct TV. The HD content looks far superior to Dish's HD. Not sure why but it must have something to do with their compression technique. The DVR performs flawlessly. The Whole-Home DVR feature is really nice as well although there is a little delay (remote feels laggy) when viewing remotely.
Direct TV is a clear winner here. We tried HD cable but the cable provider here is really lame. When we tried their HD offerings a few years ago there was about 10 channels available.
To anybody thinking of getting TV shows online I would ask what is the resolution you'll get. I always laugh at those netflix commercials talking about watching TV on the Wii console. The picture quality of the Wii makes my eyes bleed.
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