Dammit that sucks about the DVR. I was gonna replace the downstairs system with the HD DVR/Receiver
-- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 4405 Oakshyre Way Raleigh, NC. 27616 (703) 220-2835 http://www.sstwebworks.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/sstwebworks Boycott Sys-Con -----Original Message----- From: Robert Munn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 4:41 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Cable or dish? I have had DirecTV for almost ten years, and my parents have had it since maybe 1990 or 1991. It rocks. The things I like about it: 1. No hassles. I deal with Time Warner for my Internet service, and they are sub-par. DirecTV is a much more well-run outfit, and they never hassle me about anything. 2. Lots of HD. I just got a new TV and HD DVR and there is now a ton of HD programming on DirecTV. 3. Sunday Ticket, if you love the NFL it is a must. 4. Online. DirecTV has a good web site- you can order movies, pay your bill, upgrade equipment, see schedules- all good stuff. The things I don't like about it: 1. Weather affects reception. Rain, high winds, etc., as Scott said, will cause some outages. Put your dish in a housing to minimize the problems. A large box with no top but sturdy sides to shield it from wind, for instance. 2. The DVR sucks compared to Tivo. I had a DirecTivo that just died. DirecTV decided to make their own and stop partnering with Tivo. Dumb idea, IMHO. The Tivo folks have by far the best DVR product on the market. My new one has no obvious way to switch between tuners, and it regularly shows (and records) the wrong programs on its schedule. If they can figure out the scheduling thing, I'll be happy. The local channels thing used to be a big deal, but now they carry local channels so it isn't a problem any longer. You might have issues if you live somewhere like DC metro where you are used to getting two sets of channels and you don't get them both, but that isn't going to be your problem. On 10/24/07, Shawna wrote: > > > Who here has dish service and can recommend it? What service do you have > with what options and what's been your experience? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:245093 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
