On Thu 08 Jan 2009 01:51:26p, Janet Wilder told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Thu 08 Jan 2009 05:49:12a, George Shirley told us...
>>
>>> Janet Wilder wrote:
>>>> Harry Buskin wrote:
>>>>> I don't know how to make this any easier.
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. I have satellite. I will stay with satellite.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. My local channels are provided with my sat. subscription.
>>>>>
>>>>> 3. I am NOT concerned with the technical details of
>>>>> the digital transition.
>>>>>
>>>>> 4. I want to know which (DirectTV or DishNetwork) is
>>>>> better in terms of food programming.
>>>> They both carry pretty much the same. See my previous post with their
>>>> web sites. They have their programming on their web sites.
>>>>
>>>> Dish, IMO, has better technology and better support.
>>> We just switched to Dish yesterday, from DirecTV, and I have to agree
>>> with Janet's answer. I am very impressed with Dish and we had DirecTV
>>> for eleven years. Getting better, stronger, signal from the satellite.
>>> The picture is very much more clear and defined than the one from
>>> DirecTV. So much so it amazed us because we had thought we were
>>> getting a good picture before.
>>>
>>> No local channels for us because the local stations are disputing with
>>> the satellite providers over cost. I bought an antenna that attaches
>>> to the dish and pipes the local channels through the satellite
>>> receiver and that puts them on the guide and makes it easier to
>>> control.
>>>
>>
>> I'm much happier with cable in our area. Everything is fiber optic
>> right up to the cable box. Picture is much clearer and more consistent
>> than any satellite I've seen locally, and it's cheaper.
>>
>
> Not all of us live in areas served by cable. We don't have any choice
> but satellite or over-the-air
>

I understand, Janet, but given the choice I would almost always choose
cable, especially the quality that I presently have. If the cable quality
was poor, then I might choose satellite.

--
Wayne Boatwright
(correct the spelling of "geemail" to reply)
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