direct tv

CaptainPioneer · Post by **CaptainPioneer** » Tue May 15, 2007 5:00 am

ehh well ive decided that im just going to steal the Wireless internet from my neighbors and get the good ole rabit ears for my tv LOL

.... I Sure am going to miss the Food Network and Rachael Ray...

Especially Giada too... damn she's a fox.

cargodz · Post by **cargodz** » Tue May 15, 2007 2:01 pm

CaptainPioneer wrote:ehh well ive decided that im just going to steal the Wireless internet from my neighbors.

Give them $10 bucks a month and then it's not stealing... you'd be suprised... if they're decent neighbors, they probably won't have a problem with it and gladly take your money to go towards the bill... Now not only are you being neighborly, but also staying within the law

Tue May 15, 2007 2:06 pm

Pretty much all the TV services are raising rates.

I had comcast and they were raising my rates every year, so went to Dish. Now they are doing the same, and direct TV usually follows Dish.

That's why I finally just ended up with the basic package and now have netflix for movies.

The one nice thing about Dish is, if you don't care about HD. You can get an SD DVR (model 508), that has no monthly DVR fee. That's what I have and love it. You'll need to get it off Ebay, since they no longer make it, but it's grandfathered in with no fee.

JeremyC · Post by **JeremyC** » Tue May 15, 2007 2:29 pm

I guess i'm lucky. I have sky digital and they haven't raised my rate, or talked about it, in the three years I have used them.

To bad you can't get sky in the states. I would be all over it once i move back.

lotas · Post by **lotas** » Tue May 15, 2007 11:23 pm

DirectTV is the best IMO, I absolutely despise Comcast, who i have at my apartment in seattle for college...I love DirectTV! Although I will say, OnDemand is nice, but its only gonna be a matter of time before you can do that with satellite also

cargodz · Post by **cargodz** » Wed May 16, 2007 2:01 pm

lotas wrote:DirectTV is the best IMO, I absolutely despise Comcast, who i have at my apartment in seattle for college...I love DirectTV! Although I will say, OnDemand is nice, but its only gonna be a matter of time before you can do that with satellite also

Dish network had "On demand" movies already.

Wed May 16, 2007 2:36 pm

Dish on demand is really lame!
What they do is download maybe 4 movies overnight to your DVR hard drive, so they are 'available' if you want to pay to see them.

But they cost a 1 more then PPV and you only get to keep them for 24 hours.

I can't see why anyone would use it, especially since you cant' even keep the movies on your hard drive after you pay for them

cargodz · Post by **cargodz** » Wed May 16, 2007 10:40 pm

I agree that was a downside to it... that and you couldn't even tape anything from the dvr... that kinda sucked too.

lotas · Post by **lotas** » Wed May 16, 2007 11:50 pm

Comcast has really expanded On Demand now too. You can do cool stuff like karoake, local car classifieds, music videos, and check out shows on a number of channels. I rarely even use it for movies, mostly music videos and Tv shows, the movies are cool though, too.

I still despise them....I get a letter every week telling me how I need to sign up for Comcast Digital Voice, every week. They love their flyers and brightly colored letters lol

lotas · Post by **lotas** » Wed May 16, 2007 11:51 pm

Comcast has really expanded On Demand now too. You can do cool stuff like karoake, local car classifieds, music videos, and check out shows on a number of channels. I rarely even use it for movies, mostly music videos and Tv shows, the movies are cool though, too.

I still despise them....I get a letter every week telling me how I need to sign up for Comcast Digital Voice, every week. They love their flyers and brightly colored letters lol