"Eisboch" wrote in message
...

wrote in message
...


The cable company will probably be migrating everything to digital
eventually but they know that will make satellite more attractive for
anyone without a QAM tuner equipped TV (not the same as the OTA
"digital" the FCC requires). If you need a box for every TV anyway,
satellite really starts looking good.

We have four Comcast provided HD Cable boxes in the house hooked up to
either plasma or LCD large screen TVs. We rarely watch any programming
on them and I am thinking of getting rid of 2 or 3 of the boxes. The
digital flat screens will display several channels in HD anyway without
the box (connected directly to the cable feed).

I also purchased a portable sat dish and got a Direct TV account for use
on the boat. It works great and during the winter I bring it home and
have the dish temporarily mounted on a rear porch. All the programming is
digital obviously, and the quality of the picture is superior to that
provided by Comcast which has some of the programming in digital and some
in analog (without use of a box). I just have the basic service but I get
over 500 channels, which is kinda stupid because I only watch about 4 of
them. It's not HD, but for some reason the quality of the picture is very
good. When people see it they think it's HD until I show them the
difference.

If it weren't for Internet service, I think I could easily dump Comcast
and go to Direct TV.
I know they offer Internet as well, but I don't think it's as fast as
cable. I don't know for sure.

Eisboch

Direct and/or Dish do not provide the Internet service. In the case of Dish
here in my area they partner with Embarq and they provide DSL service.

I found for me it was better not to bundle the DishNetwork and Embarq
Internet service. When you get the Embarq DSL and landline phone service
they force a bundle of phone "services" that would make my phone bill part
of the service go up about 20 bux per month.

Embarq offers different Internet speeds for different monthly prices. I
have the 3MB service and it is just fine. I have never seen Comcast in
action but I've heard they have higher d/l speeds that 3MB.