On Jan 5, 2:30*pm, Janet Wilder > wrote:
> Dan Abel wrote:
> > In article > ,
> > *Dave Smith > wrote:
>
> >> Nancy2 wrote:
>
> >>> Simple solution - get a dish - either DirecTV or Dish network - much
> >>> better, anyway, and the Food network and HGTV are in the base packages
> >>> (along with History, all the TLC channels, etc.).
>
> >> They are satellite systems and they are playing the same games as the
> >> cable companies. *They bundle channels in a way that you get one or two
> >> good channels and a bunch of crap. They have a habit of splitting the
> >> good channels up so that you have to get 2 or 3 other bundles in order
> >> to get those same good channels and fill the bundles with crap channels
> >> you never watch.
>
> > Despite the big difference in technology, I see the business models for
> > cable and dish as being similar. *It does appear, though, that the
> > business models for dish in Canada are different than the US. *I don't
> > see many single channels offered, or a lot of separate bundles.
>
> We have both DirecTV and Dish Network. The DirecTV is solely so DH can
> get MLB Extra Innings so he can watch the Yankees play baseball. We turn
> it off when it's not baseball season. We have the basic package on
> DirecTV and i have to say it's crap. Dish has a much better basic
> package and they charge less. YMMV
>
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> Janet Wilder
> Way-the-heck-south Texas
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Well, for me, DTV is perfect. I see no reason to pay more than for
the base group, because there's just nothing there I want to see. I
love being able to watch Friday Night Lights early in the year,
without commercials - only on DTV. I love Speed, which offers Hot
Pass (Nascar Cup), only on DTV. Last night's Orange Bowl game, in
case you didn't notice, had special DTV over-view cameras which showed
up close and spectacular shots of plays. I imagine that those shots
were available to anyone watching Fox for the game, but still, DTV has
the best technology, in my view, and the best base package (I compare
it to my son's Dish Network). For me, that is. It's a good thing we
all aren't the same....

N.