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