Poll: Do you have DirectTV or cable

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: DaveJ

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: DaveJ
I currently have cable, but the DirecTV installers are coming tomorrow... Can't wait to ditch the cruddy cable signal...

Dave

I am so jealous!

Which programming package did you get?

I'm getting the Total Choice + local channels, first 6 months at $29.99 a month... even at the regular price it's still cheaper than my current analog cable, and I get more channels. Plus, I got a smokin' deal at BestBuy this weekend, 3 rooms with triple-LNB dish, plus a DirecTivo, and a $75 BestBuy gift card.... total cost to me: $25. W00t!

Dave

Great deal, thanks for rubbing it in (although I did ask for it ).

You gonna upgrade that DirecTIVO bad boy?

 

[imported_Strang]

I just got DirecTV w/ Tivo last month and I'm loving it. I got the Total Choice Plus w/ local channels and HBO. I'd previously had Comcast digital cable for about 4 years (had wanted DTV for a long time, but lived in apartments) and hated how slow and ugly menus where and how poor the image quality was. I'm looking forward to NFL Sunday Ticket now.

 

[DaveJ]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: DaveJ

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: DaveJ
I currently have cable, but the DirecTV installers are coming tomorrow... Can't wait to ditch the cruddy cable signal...

Dave

I am so jealous!

Which programming package did you get?

I'm getting the Total Choice + local channels, first 6 months at $29.99 a month... even at the regular price it's still cheaper than my current analog cable, and I get more channels. Plus, I got a smokin' deal at BestBuy this weekend, 3 rooms with triple-LNB dish, plus a DirecTivo, and a $75 BestBuy gift card.... total cost to me: $25. W00t!

Dave

Great deal, thanks for rubbing it in (although I did ask for it ).

No problem, any time...

You gonna upgrade that DirecTIVO bad boy?

You bet... Gonna network it and probably drop a second drive in too...

Dave

 

[RossMAN]

How can you network a DirecTIVO?

Mine has two USB ports but they're inactive IIRC.

 

[hevnsnt]

both.. and both have tivo's attached to them..

lol, and I don't really watch too much TV.

 

[SilverThief]

DirecTV

 

[DaveJ]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
How can you network a DirecTIVO?

Mine has two USB ports but they're inactive IIRC.

From what I've read you can upgrade the OS to version 4.0, or use a special ISO image to enable those.... more info can be found here.

Dave

 

[cyclistca]

Have cable but would prefer DirectTV. The Stata Con. in my condo does not allow sat dishes. :frown:

 

[Thegonagle]

Shouldn't you add Dish/others to your poll?

I assume by DTV, you were meaning all satellite TV, right?

For the record, I have Cable TV and Internet. The cable company makes it easy for me to have the cable TV switched on and off almost any time I feel like it, so I'm not considering satellite TV at this point. (Plus, I live in an apartment on the NE corner of the building, so installation would be a pain because the landlord doesn't allow installation on the roof of his building. Dishes must be mounted on a pole near the SW corner of the building. He's rightfully concerned that the installers might cause the roof to spring a leak, which it already does often enough without help. It's an 80+ year old building.)

 

[kyparrish]

cable but will switch to DTV as soon as i live somewhere that will let me (stupid apartment complexes )

 

[Apex]

Voom.

 

[Kyteland]

I don't even own a TV.....

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: Bryophyte
Dish Network

dish here, why doesn't the poll have dish?

 

[iwearnosox]

DirecTiVo.

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: GoodDad
cable, but would kill for direct.

I hate Comcast. I pay $45 a month for less that sixty channels. For the same price with Direct I would get 130, and for $5 more I could have Tivo.

If they hadn't raised the prices a month ago you could have Total Choice plus w/ locals for $45 with a TIVO. That's the deal I have for the next year (locked in at the old price).

 

[Konigin]

Dish network, I don't really like it.

 

[Christoph]

Directtv but thinking of switching to Voom.

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: DaveJ

Originally posted by: RossMAN
How can you network a DirecTIVO?

Mine has two USB ports but they're inactive IIRC.

From what I've read you can upgrade the OS to version 4.0, or use a special ISO image to enable those.... more info can be found here.

Dave

Holy sh!t!!!! That site is awesome!!

 

[RossMAN]

What is VOOM?

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
What is VOOM?

I think its a hi-def satellite provider. I recall seeing ads for it on TV.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
What is VOOM?

http://www.voom.com/index.jsp

 

[Apex]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
What is VOOM?

21 exclusive HDTV channels, about 34 HD channels total right now.

 

[WTT0001]

I install them (DTV/Dishnet/Voom/DWay/etc.) but I have no TV in the house at all, go figure that one out

If I did get any of them though it would be DTV with at least one Tivo unit

WTT

 

[Wingznut]

Take note that "DirectTV but thinking about going back to cable" has received zero votes... That's not a fluke.

 

[CtK]

"DirectTV"