Video Asylum

Posted by JoeKool (A) on June 17, 2007 at 14:49:13

In Reply to: RE: Best deal for direct tv? posted by budget fi on June 17, 2007 at 10:26:27

Hah...I left DTV for that same reason...poor picture quality and frequent dropped signal, some channels were so bad they were unwatchable. Its been a year+ since I switched to cable, and have been fairly satisfied to date...though lately I have been noticing an increase in picture break-up and freezes. But its no where near the extent of those I experienced with DTV. Maybe they have improved their signal transmissions in the past year...maybe.
As far as I know they usually do the installation for free. I have had DISH and DTV and now cable and the installation for all has been free. If they want your business they should do it for free, since they lock you into a year contract with penalties for early termination. I had the regular STB, so maybe the HD-STB with dvr would cost some money.