"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 13:05:36 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:
Does anyone know if HD is available via satellite? One of my goals
for the year is to get satellite TV for the boat and then figure out
how to pipe it into the house when we are home, followed closely by
kissing the cable company goodbye.


Both DISH and DirecTV offer HD programming. An HD capable sat receiver is
required. As far as sat TV for the boat and home, not a tough deal to
accomplish. I'm a DISH subscriber. I pay the going rate for my service
package at home, and for an extra $5 per month I can have an additional
receiver access my account. In my case, the additional receiver resides
permanently on the boat. I started with DirecTV years ago with a receiver
only on the boat. I liked the service so well, I wanted to add it to the
house. DirecTV offers the same $5 monthly rate for an additional receiver,
but stipulates that both receivers be attached to the same telephone line.
I have no hard-wired telephone service at the dock in the marina, so DirecTV
wanted to charge me a full service subscription for the second receiver.
Dish has no such restrictions, and was happy to let me have the second
receiver anywhere I wanted it, with only the $5 extra monthly fee. Works
great for me. Before I subscribed to satellite TV, I briefly tried Cox's
digital cable service and didn't care for it. I like the DISH service much
better. I have basic cable going to the less important TV's in the house
and Cox's broadband cable internet service, which is terrific.