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Originally Posted by charlieo1126@gmail.com
that’s why you have the non HD station to go to , which a picture that’s almost as good, I didn’t even loose signal when that hurricane came over the villages a few years ago
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Please don't listen to anyone that states that an SD picture is "almost as good" as an HD picture. If your eyesight is fine, there is a tremendous difference. The bigger the TV, the bigger the difference you will see. An SD picture on a 60"+ TV looks terrible - like you're watching an old VCR tape.
I was a customer of DirecTV for over 20 years until I moved to Florida. The number of rainouts here is ridiculous. Yes, sometimes you can still get the picture in SD, but it's bad.
All "HD" pictures are not created equal - everybody compresses the signal differently, and some compression algorithms are far worse than others for picture quality. DirecTV, using satellite transmission, has a far more limited bandwidth than terrestrial transmissions (cable, fiber, etc), so they tend to compress the initial signal far more than other companies, resulting in a poorer HD experience (hence why some think SD is not bad on DirecTV).
Get good internet service, and then look at streaming options. I use YouTube TV - it works great. Hulu Live is fine, but look at the costs for DVR and how it works. That was the indicator for me to not use Hulu Live (I tested it for 30 days).
DirecTV stream is more expensive and offers less channels and a crappy DVR, so they were a no go as well.
I get 1GB internet for $65/month, and YouTube TV for $54.99/month (you get $10/month off if you're T-Mobile). No issues, works great.