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I've had all three at various times. DishNetwork was in Houston about 5 years ago. It would go out with any rain at all, even light rain. Dropped it after a year. Moved to San Antonio and went with DirecTv. The reception was better than DishNetwork and only went out with heavy rain. Unfortunately their high definition service sucked. You had to pay $10 a month for 5 high def channels and local hi def was not included. You had to buy an OTA antenna for that. Well, guess which antenna you need to pick up good quality high def? One of those big weathervane ones that go on top of the house. Some people can get away with them in the attic, but not in my area due to hills. So I was looking at $250-500 for an antenna install plus $10 a month for the high def service. Ok now here's the kicker. Want TiVo? Gee, you gotta buy a whole new receiver for that and the TiVo plus high def receiver will cost you almost $1000. I'm sure it's cheaper now, that was 2-3 years ago.
So I call my local cable company. High def service is $10 a month for 8 channels plus all the locals except for Fox (stupid contract dispute). You get a high def receiver plus TiVo for $5 a month rental fee.
No brainer.
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Rick
1984 911 coupe
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