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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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We’ve had Directv for many years.
1) when a storm comes, I’ve only had to switch to SD for maybe 10 minutes at most before the regular HD picture is available again.
2) It’s true that all TV companies use different amounts of compression for their HD signals. But I can have my DirecTV HD on my main TV with my 2nd TV next to it with an Over-the-area antenna showing the same broadcast and I can’t tell the difference. And I have great vision. Main TV is 65” top of the line. The differences in compression are academic and can’t be seen by mere mortals. JMO