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 Sep 24 2007, 05:12 PM
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 Group: Members Posts: 1,761 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Lubbock/Dubai Member No.: 57  |
decided im going with satellite with a new hd tv....any recommendation on which one of those to get? I already know i will have to have a local hd antennae to get the local channels in hd
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Sep 24 2007, 05:25 PM
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Sep 24 2007, 06:16 PM
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 Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (schwab @ Sep 24 2007, 06:12 PM)  decided im going with satellite with a new hd tv....any recommendation on which one of those to get? I already know i will have to have a local hd antennae to get the local channels in hd you sure? i know my bud here has directv and he has two dishes, one for locals (including HD) and the other for the rest of it. i think they both do that. my vote would be directv also, i like how you can get several different brands of the boxes. and i had a pretty bad experience w/dish so that kinda sours them for me. |
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Sep 24 2007, 06:32 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 1,761 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Lubbock/Dubai Member No.: 57 |
im in abilene, they dont have local hd broadcast over either dish or directv...you have to have a hd antenna to get the locals in hd
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Sep 24 2007, 06:46 PM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 1,591 Joined: 23-February 06 Member No.: 31 |
if it ever rains don't get a dish. especially if there are severe storms. sucks to sit there wondering if a tornado is going to land on your roof with no tv signal. i switched back to digital cable. if you're still going with it though directv
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Sep 24 2007, 08:26 PM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 885 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Lubbock, Texas Member No.: 12 |
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Sep 25 2007, 12:40 PM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 2,558 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Seoul, South Korea Member No.: 28 |
i'm in abilene too and my dad just recently got satellite. we use dish network and it's pretty awesome
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Sep 25 2007, 09:31 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 1,761 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Lubbock/Dubai Member No.: 57 |
QUOTE (jonathan83 @ Sep 25 2007, 01:40 PM) i'm in abilene too and my dad just recently got satellite. we use dish network and it's pretty awesome how is the signal when it rains, ive heard bad things and other people say its not a problem does directv have the same problem with rain? -------------------- bored...so i did this
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Sep 25 2007, 10:36 PM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 2,558 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Seoul, South Korea Member No.: 28 |
i've never seen a problem when it rains..but it hasn't rained too much so i'm not sure.
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Sep 25 2007, 10:49 PM
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 New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
I had dish network twice... good experience both times.
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Sep 26 2007, 05:09 AM
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I was raised on the dairy, BITCH! Group: Members Posts: 3,080 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Cedar Park Member No.: 49 |
satellite is touch and go when it rains
sometimes it's fine...other times it blows you'll probably be fine in abilene but if you were getting dish or directv in seattle you might rethink it -------------------- "Ah, y'know it's funny, these people they go to sleep, they think everything's fine, everything's good. They wake up the next day and they're on fire."
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Sep 26 2007, 08:32 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
it turned me off to it when i had dish and only saw the first quarter of the 2005 ncaa championship. the other huge turnoff was waiting for the damn thing to aqcuire a signal all the time just when flipping through the guide.
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Sep 26 2007, 04:05 PM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 2,558 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Seoul, South Korea Member No.: 28 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Sep 26 2007, 09:32 AM) the other huge turnoff was waiting for the damn thing to aqcuire a signal all the time just when flipping through the guide. this is the only thing i hate. its like a 3 second lag, which doesnt seem long...but really is. -------------------- |
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