i dont need 250 channels, the reason i'm taking this route is because i just moved to the top (the very top) of the mountain and i no longer can get any reception. well, i do, but its horrible. so is cable the way or should i go satellite? i'll be getting the basic package, nothing more.

 

After having satellite for over a year, I've been kinda dissapointed in how everytime it rains I can hardly watch the T.V. because of how pixelated it gets, or it just completely loses the signal. Waiting for 20 min. when there is absolutely nothing to do sucks.
And when there is severe weather, it kinda goes out right when you need to know where the tornado is.

I have had almost nothing but great responses from all my friends with cable.

 

hmmm...

thanks for your input.

i would never have guess that satellite dishes were so fragile. you would think they would take those things into consideration when they build. i mean when the weather is bad (raining), thats when you want to stay home and watch tv. ww

 

In my experience with Directv and a good installation, rain is never a problem.

The answer to you question is probably, Directv unless you want to get HDTV(Will cost more w/Directv because of equipment). That's why I went to Comcast for HDTV. I'm getting HDTV+HBO for $45/month.

 

yea, for HDTV, cable is the way to go. Also, internet over satellite sucks. Internet over cable is currently the fastest way to go as well.

still, for HDTV, over the air antennas are still best as many cable and satellite HD signals are over-compressed.

 

I did not mean that the rain affects the dish, merely that all of the heavy cloud cover breaks up the signal.

 

I got that. And I've never had it happen to me... I even get pissed off when the cable companies say that is what you get with any dish... Remember, the cable company uses dishes too...

 

yes, but there's are much larger and are a different band I think. Larger take way less spectrum and power to transmit the same data.

 

The cable companies do not make this distinction in their anit-dish commercials. Especially the one that says the dish would go out when the dog barks! Then again, Directv is now owned by the evil Murdoch.