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Originally Posted by PoolBrews
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.
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You should have stopped telling us that are HD picture is bad on our sets when you said you used to be a customer before you got to Florida , I’m very happy with my picture but perhaps I don’t know any better ,and I have my Turner Classic Movies , 2 PBS stations lots of sports channels and all the network shows for I think about $110 the other stuff is just what it is , so I’ll muddle along happy and oblivious to the fact that I’m watching an inferior picture on my one year old 65 inc Sony, FYI I don’t bargain shop for clothes I’m not going to do it for cable, some people look for bottom line , me I don’t care