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In Reply to: Cable or the Dish? posted by Merle on March 27, 2005 at 05:21:55:

I was, up to last month, a DISH owner for 5 years. Comcast had a deal I can't refuse: $75 a month for Cable internet, HD programming, and a HD PVR thrown in for good measure. Plus, I could hook up 3 rooms for no extra charge. Plus, free HBO for a year.
To get HD and a PVR via dish, I'd have to pay over $400 for the PVR plus programming. And dish don't do the Internet very well.
Service has been great, and the cable modem is much faster than the DSL I was using. Picture quality seems better than HD on the DISH.

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Interesting... - Harmonia 13:42:16 03/27/05 (1)
You're the first person I've heard say cable had better PQ than sat.
I would love to ditch Brighthouse cable. I don't have free anything with those guys. With cable modem, my bill is over $125 per month for only 2 sets (1 HD cable box, 1 not)...the HD is pretty good (I only have a 34" HDTV) but on much of the other channels the PQ is subpar, even the digital ones. I get HBO, but no other premium channels. I'm tired of my crappy cable box, and having to reset the thing 2-3x per month.
I won't give up the cable internet, but I'm tempted by Dish or Direct for TV. For one thing, I can get TVG and live horse racing which I can't on my cable system.
- I have comcast - davehg 21:28:06 03/28/05 (0)
  and the new Motorola HD PVR with dual tuner. Picture quality is very good via component cables; I am waiting for an HDMI/DVI cable to arrive.
  When I got non-HD via Sat on the old Sony CRT, it was seemingly better than cable systems I saw. However, when I upgraded sets to the Toshiba 52HMX84, the sat channels SUCKED!! Lots of pixelation and grain.
  With cable HD, the HD pictures are stunning (much better than my DVD via component). Non HD channels appear less noiser than via SAT.
  Sat prices were good, but when I combined the cable modem offer with the HD PVR, it was a no-brainer. Also, at $400 for the DISH PVR which had less features and was troublesome, that settled the matter.

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