Quoted: Ok, I'm moving from TX back to Warner Robins GA.

Thank God.

Now the state IQ average will go back up.

Make sure the door hits you on the road back.

Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Ok, I'm moving from TX back to Warner Robins GA. Thank God. Now the state IQ average will go back up. Make sure the door hits you on the road back. no loss... in my year and change here i have yet to figure out why so many people have such a hardon for this state.

It's only been a year?
Feels like a life time.

Quoted: Quoted: It's only been a year? Feels like a life time. you don't know the half of it

You were to close to the boarder.

Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: It's only been a year? Feels like a life time. you don't know the half of it You were to close to the boarder. Legs, buddy...if you're gonna make fun of the guy, at least spell "border" right. Edit-Damn it! Schulze beat me to it.

I didn't use it as a screen name.

Satellite is superior to cable for TV delivery, hands down, no contest.

Having said that, there is more "investment" in a satellite system, because it requires a much more extensive installation than cable, and because the cost of that installation and the extra equipment is off-set by a requirement for a programming commitment.  In other words, to get a free dish, free installation, and big discounts on the receivers, you have to agree to keep the system for 1-2 years.

Also, you need to live somewhere that you have line-of-site to the satellites and you must have permission to mount the dish and run the required cables.  This excludes many apartment and condo dwellers.

Assuming you are planning to be in the same place for the next couple of years, then IMO satellite TV is the only way to go.  Speaking of storms, in most cases, satellite is far MORE reliable in storm weather than cable.  In my area, nearly all of the cable is buried, so you'd assume that we'd be immune to storm-related cable problems, right?  Wrong.  The main feed lines 6 miles away are still on poles, and the entire town of 100,000 people loses cable for minutes or hours anytime there's a big storm or a car takes out one of the poles.  I have Comcast for Internet and I've had several multi-hour outages during storms.  With DirecTV, I lost a few seconds of signal at a time during a big storm with 120 MPH wind gusts, but as soon as the gust was over, everything was fine.  Most typical storms don't phase it at all.

Dish recently dropped their Voom programming and added 20 or so mainstream HD channels to better compete with DirecTV, but DirecTV's last satellite in their HD plan will be going live in the next couple of weeks (it's parked and in testing now), which will vault them ahead of everyone again.  Dish doesn't have the bandwidth to keep up, and probably won't for at least several years, so if HD is important to you (or if premium sports are), you want DirecTV.

-Troy

Quoted: I voted "cable". I've had both and cable is way more reliable. My satellite receiver loses signal in medium to heavy rain.

Then there is a problem with your installation.  Why not have it fixed?

-Troy

Quoted: With DirecTV, I lost a few seconds of signal at a time during a big storm with 120 MPH wind gusts, but as soon as the gust was over, everything was fine.  Most typical storms don't phase it at all.

Agreed, but I'm calling BS on 120mph wind gusts in Antioch.

Quoted: Quoted: With DirecTV, I lost a few seconds of signal at a time during a big storm with 120 MPH wind gusts, but as soon as the gust was over, everything was fine.  Most typical storms don't phase it at all. Agreed, but I'm calling BS on 120mph wind gusts in Antioch.

I was surprised too, but it was all over the news and set records all over the area.  It broke a ton of stuff too.  Snapped a bunch of trees, people's patio covers blew out of their backyards and down the street, and we are still seeing roof tile damage related to that storm from 4 months ago.  At a house in Brentwood, a whole row of houses had the edge tiles pulled away from the roof, and some were pulled all the way off.

Hey, there's a Wikipedia:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_2008_Western_North_American_super_storm

-Troy

Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: It's only been a year? Feels like a life time. you don't know the half of it You were to close to the boarder. Legs, buddy...if you're gonna make fun of the guy, at least spell "border" right. Edit-Damn it! Schulze beat me to it. I didn't use it as a screen name. I'm just pointing out that you're making fun of his spelling and you're not Mr. Spelling Bee Champion yourself.

Shut the trunk...