Sasha wrote:
I have been using cable so far but it gets more and more expensive. So
I am weighing options switching to satellite TV. I currently have
Comcast, all but premium channels. I have very nice Sony widescreen
HDTV with built-in HDTV tuner. So HDTV programs are very important for
me including HDTV DVR. I checked DirectTV and Dish network web sites
and I am now confused with their choices and pricing.
Do they offer local channels in HD?
Do they force to buy DVR or I can rent? How much does it cost to rent
DVR? Can it record in HD?
Are local channels included in packages or I have to pay extra for
them?
Is equipment free (Dish, receiver, etc.) or I have to pay rental fee
as well?
How do satellite and cable packages compare? I have now around 200
channels including about a dozen in HD from Comcast. Again I do not
have HBO, Showtime, etc. How much would comparable package cost from
satellite?
Finally, how is satellite quality vs. cable? Does weather effect
reception?
I would like to hear from someone's experience who switched from cable
to satellite. I live in central NJ.

I had DirectTV for a little over five years. When we got internet access via
cable, I added TV and cancelled the DirectTV account.

Shortly thereafter (about ten days), I got a letter from DirectTV's lawyer
accusing me of stealing DirectTV's signal via unauthorized signal decoding
devices, demanding that I surrender all such devices in my posession, pay a
penalty of $4,000.00, and forswear ever again stealing from their company.
Further, the letter concluded, if they had to file suit, the minimum for
which they would settle would be $10,000.00.

They ****ed with the wrong dude - I didn't go to law school for drill.

I responded with a letter along the lines of "I suppose a blow job is out of
the question?" Then I got positively mideval - pitchforks and torches time.
I followed the letter with a petition for a TRO and injunctive relief in
state district court. The roaches ultimately went back under the carpet.

I hope they rot in Hell.

The porn is better on satellite, though. Especially Dish Network.