Is cable tv supposed to be this poor of picture quality?

Question

Ok, I moved from woods to small city. Im offered charter cable tv, I ordered thinking i was going to get the same reception as satilite I had so i ordered a digital box plus dvr ( which i never got ). Turn on box , turn on tv and suddenly I felt disgusted. I went from 65 bucks of clear digital reception over 200 channels including movie channels to now 65 bucks of analog signal with no movie channels and only 40 channels of which none have clear reception, cannot even see the time on them? plus a 40 buck installation charge. Anyone who thinks cable is better than satelite must be on pills and living in Neverland Ranch. If they will offer like 70 channels for like 25 bucks than it would be a good deal, but at 65 bucks its a total rip off. Who else thinks so?

Answer 1

It shouildn't be that bad-get the cable people back in! But, it does vary across the country. My cable has as many channels as satellite including hi def ones. That's why you'll get posts that cable is better-in some places, it is!

Answer 2

We live in an old house and our picture was constantly bad, my husband cleaned all the connectors still no difference, so finally he bought all new cables, wow it was like day and night, 100% improvement, maybe thats all you need??
In the house we have satelite but in our condo in the city we have cable, and yes I agree its a rip off, we pay $155 a month, thats internet T.V. and phone.
There is only one cable company here so they have people over a barrell, either pay or go without, we cant have a dish as the condo board thinks they are an eyesore to the "look" of the building!!

Answer 3

Cable is a mixed bag.

It usually depends on how old the system is and how many years the coax has been buried in the ground. Satillite does not have these problems so I would suggest you cancel your Cable and sign up with Dish or Direct.