Comments on: DirecTV: http://paulbogan.com/2008/04/16/directv/ The best of everything... just a little bit late. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:04:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: paul http://paulbogan.com/2008/04/16/directv/#comment-44 paul Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:05:28 +0000 http://paulbogan.com/2008/04/16/directv/#comment-44 To top it off, my DSL's acting up now, too. Between the fact that neither of us uses the house phone all that much, DirecTV sucks, and my DSL seems to be on banker's hours, I think I've had about enough of Verizon altogether. What I saved by bundling, I've spent double in Advil. To top it off, my DSL’s acting up now, too. Between the fact that neither of us uses the house phone all that much, DirecTV sucks, and my DSL seems to be on banker’s hours, I think I’ve had about enough of Verizon altogether. What I saved by bundling, I’ve spent double in Advil.

]]> By: Philip Yurchuk http://paulbogan.com/2008/04/16/directv/#comment-43 Philip Yurchuk Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:55:25 +0000 http://paulbogan.com/2008/04/16/directv/#comment-43 I'm very glad it worked out for you, but I'm hearing complaints from people on both coasts. I'm in SoCal, where the rain is light and thunderstorms are nonexistent, and my DTV friends still had problems. They've happily switched to cable. I’m very glad it worked out for you, but I’m hearing complaints from people on both coasts. I’m in SoCal, where the rain is light and thunderstorms are nonexistent, and my DTV friends still had problems. They’ve happily switched to cable.

]]> By: Jenny http://paulbogan.com/2008/04/16/directv/#comment-42 Jenny Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:51:48 +0000 http://paulbogan.com/2008/04/16/directv/#comment-42 Dude. I lived in Seattle for two years and had DirecTV the whole time and, well, we never really had a problem? Maybe it is a curse to the east coast subscribers only? *shrug*. The only other thing I can say is if you want REALLY shitty cable programming, move to a Naval base in Japan. :) Dude. I lived in Seattle for two years and had DirecTV the whole time and, well, we never really had a problem? Maybe it is a curse to the east coast subscribers only? *shrug*. The only other thing I can say is if you want REALLY shitty cable programming, move to a Naval base in Japan. :)

]]> By: Philip Yurchuk http://paulbogan.com/2008/04/16/directv/#comment-41 Philip Yurchuk Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:37:27 +0000 http://paulbogan.com/2008/04/16/directv/#comment-41 My mother had DirecTV, as did another friend. It all boils down to this: it doesn't work if it's raining. It's that simple. My friend said they had supposedly fixed it with new equipment, but it didn't work for him. They both canceled it. Now everyone I know uses cable or off the air (OTA) signal. OTA provides a much higher quality HD experience because cable compresses the signal. The one thing it's good for is negotiating a cheaper cable rate. My mother had DirecTV, as did another friend. It all boils down to this: it doesn’t work if it’s raining. It’s that simple. My friend said they had supposedly fixed it with new equipment, but it didn’t work for him. They both canceled it.

Now everyone I know uses cable or off the air (OTA) signal. OTA provides a much higher quality HD experience because cable compresses the signal.

The one thing it’s good for is negotiating a cheaper cable rate.

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