Cable vs. DirecTV
Anyone have comments? We would be switching from cable to DirecTV for TV, phone and internet. Any thoughts?
Anyone have comments? We would be switching from cable to DirecTV for TV, phone and internet. Any thoughts?
I had directv in a country home a few years back because cable wasn’t even an option there. The dish was on the roof and we would have to go up there and clean it off when it snowed or else no signal.
What about Fios? how does FIOS tv compare to cable tv?
I think this question has come up before, but I have had only had one (or maybe two) losses of signal in the last 3-4 years. IMO, it sure beats the multiple times that TWC would go out and take anywhere from 1 day to 2 weeks to be fixed (setting aside the customer service issues). The most frustrating thing about losing the signal is that it takes 4-5 minutes for the system to reboot.
Never had any problems with the screen breaking up into mosaics. High def looks great.
I think you have to arrange for DSL through Verizon, but there used to be combination deal for both providers. I think DSL is theoretically slower than cable modems, but I didn’t notice any significant differences when I switched.
You might want to look at Fios if it’s available — after the 2003 blackout I don’t trust having to depend upon regular power supply for my landline (which is replaced by Fios which includes an external box with some type of back up battery storage), but a lot of people these days don’t seem to care about that.
I have DirecTV for the NFL ticket. Yeah, it goes out during the rain, and doesn’t have the MSG channel and their PPV thing is really unreliable. Other than that it is fine. Don’t get DirecTV as your ISP. I had it for two or three days and got rid of it. The connection is painfully slow.
I hate the look of the dished all over the apartment buildings, I think it looks terrible. They should come up with a better way to get it other than dishes and the freaking white wire they use.
We had DirectTV in Park Slope for 7 years- and agree with the previous posters-it does go out in rain storms – weird
however I would take it over the nightmare of Timewarner cable which has so many AUDIO drops and weird audio “pixelating” it makes TV watching unenjoyable
DirecTV is fine for TV – but not sure about internet. DSL might be a better option.
I have Dish and yes, it goes out before rainstorms (oddly) sometimes. Used to a lot a few years ago, now maybe once a month or less for a few minutes
I only have experience with DirecTV, since Cablevision never wired my block, or most of Lefferts Manor, but it seems to me that satellite pictures are considerably sharper than cable for standard TVs. I don’t know if this applies to HD TV.