What are some of the pro's and con's to having satelite v. cable?
Which is better?
Which cost the most?
2007-10-22 04:26:06 · 10 answers · asked by plumprump26 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Other - Entertainment
I have Directv -- I switched from cable about 3 years ago.
The advantages of satellite are more stations for a lesser price. In my area -- I also get a discount on Directv through the phone company. I also like the on-demand tv guide feature, so I can easily see what's on. The ability to set an autotune is also really neat -- you can scroll through the guide and choose a program you want to watch in the future, and when that program is starting your TV will automatically tune to it. I like that you can have favorite lists (set up only the channels you typically watch) so you can flip through only the channels that interest you. I absolutely love the caller-id on the tv screen. Disadvantages are we often lose the signal when it's raining, it doesn't even have to be a bad storm. We have to pay an additional fee for each additional receiver/TV that we want satellite on. We get local stations but not local public access channels.
I switched from cable because the rates kept going up. In my situation it's cheaper for me to have Directv on 3 televisions than it was to have cable. If you have a lot of TVs cable would be cheaper.
2007-10-22 04:38:48 · answer #1 · answered by thatgirl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've had both....if you live in the snow belt area of the usa, you can loose your signals during snowy days, and satellite companies wont prorate the downtime on your bill like the cable company would do, and anymore, cable can compete with a variety of packages, programming, tivo, DVR.....satellite seem's cheaper, but you'll find out if you loose a signal, just how customer friendly they really are.
go with cable in my opinion.
2007-10-22 04:38:37 · answer #2 · answered by Al 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satellite is WAY better, more channels and far superior picture quality than cable. Cable is only good for .... hmmm...nothing but higher prices and poor picture quality and not enough channels.
2007-10-22 04:33:38 · answer #3 · answered by TheCoffeeDiva 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cable is the way to go. Satellite TV sucks, it is slow and expensive.
2007-10-22 04:35:41 · answer #4 · answered by DT 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have cable, my daughter has satelite. Rainy,windy days who has good reception? Me with my underground cable. No problems mon. Daughter has static,lines and loses picture. Its a no brainer.
2007-10-22 04:30:37 · answer #5 · answered by Mary E D 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cable, location means alot like moving trees
2007-10-22 04:30:02 · answer #6 · answered by jwburton3 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
my hubby installs directv and it cant be beat. i have lost signal may 3 times in 2 years due to storms or rain we pay 65 a month for 250 channels so its not to spendy
2007-10-22 04:29:40 · answer #7 · answered by kellie r 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To simplify your connections, first take your satellite tv for pc cable and connect it on your satellite tv for pc container, and out of your satellite tv for pc container on your DVD recorder , the two from yet another cable connection , (out from the container to the in on your recorder. Or RCA or composite jacks (yellow, purple, white wires) out from the container to in on your recorder. Then from the recorder (out) to the in of your television. you ought to use the two cable or RCA jacks for this connection additionally.
2016-10-04 08:39:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have cable, in the long run it is cheaper.
2007-10-22 04:28:14 · answer #9 · answered by Pantherempress 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cable
2007-10-22 04:31:47 · answer #10 · answered by Brad B 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋