Satellite or Cable? - Page 2

dkozloski · #11 (**permalink**) 02-17-07, 10:45 AM

Satellite can be out here for a day or more at a time unless you have a 14 foot dish.

thebigjimsho · #12 (**permalink**) 02-17-07, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by dkozloski

Satellite can be out here for a day or more at a time unless you have a 14 foot dish.

You know the zit in the center of your back that you can't get to? Yeah, well, that's where you are.

dkozloski · #13 (**permalink**) 02-17-07, 08:05 PM

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You know the zit in the center of your back that you can't get to? Yeah, well, that's where you are.

Podunk, Iowa, the center of the universe.

thebigjimsho · #14 (**permalink**) 02-18-07, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by dkozloski

Podunk, Iowa, the center of the universe.

Is that a song?

dkozloski · #15 (**permalink**) 02-18-07, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by thebigjimsho

Is that a song?

It's the sign at the city limits. You ought to know.

dkozloski · #16 (**permalink**) 02-18-07, 05:27 PM

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It's the sign at the city limits. You ought to know.

Actually I think the sign says Podunk, Iowa. The Hub of the Universe.

RocketFast321 · #17 (**permalink**) 02-19-07, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by dkozloski

Satellite can be out here for a day or more at a time unless you have a 14 foot dish.

14' dish, sounds like the c band ones

BTW you can get free TV with these

nikon · #18 (**permalink**) 02-19-07, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by frey

Definitely keeping Cable for internet (employer pays for it).

I did some poking around the DTV site and couldn't find much about their HD signal. They did advertise Discovery HD as being broadcast in 1080i w/5.1 sound, but nothing about their other channels. I'd be real interested if you could find that info.

NFL package.....one of the other big reasons I want to change.

HD is awesome. Standard Def pales in comparison.

I looked at adding an HD antenna, but my TV is only HD ready, so I still need a tuner. When you say a Media Center PC, is that basically a PC with a TV card installed? Can you get cable only stations (ESPN, TNT, FX, etc...) that way?

A Moto box huh? TW provides us with the Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8000 unit here for HD DVR service. For the most part it's been pretty reliable.

Currently, it looks like DTV's HD lineup is no better than TW's offering. Moving now would keep me from subscribing to the MLB package this summer, although it does look like I could get NESN as part of a DTV sports package (gotta have the Sox games).

Maybe later in the year, once DTV actually expands their HD lineup, it's closer to football season, and baseball is over, it'll make more sense to switch.

Thanks for the great responses!!

basically just a computer with a tuner cars...I have 3...2 analog tuners and the 1 digital for the HD and you can run whatever software you want..I just chose media center (built into winblows) because it's the easiest and works with mostly everything...I have my computer (noise maker) in the office and stream everything to my xbox360 in the other room....it makes it nice..they also sell dedicated media extenders if you dont need the x360...it's nice, and always upgradeable/changeable...I can have a couple terrabytes dedicated to dvr if I ever needed...Ill never use that, but you get the idea.