[Villages Kahuna]

When we moved to The Villages from "up north", I took the advice of on of TV employees and signed up for Comcast Cable. I was told that reception on satellite dishes was spotty because of frequent thunderstorms. I had DirecTV up north for several years and was familiar, but not too put off, by the occasional interference. But I went along with the recommendation and signed on.

After a rocky installation--the young Comcast installer crossed some wires and my broadband didn't work worth beans--I finally got going. I had TiVos' with my DirecTV and became accustomed to their slick user interface. The Comcast DVR's were rudimentary and sluggish by comparison. I was also disappointed in the Comcast programming. Lots of channels that I liked simply weren't offered in our area of central Florida. Then I'd see the ads for Comcast On Demand. When I called the local office they explained that the cables and wiring in our area was so old that it wouldn't support that kind of advanced service. They said we might get On Demand in a couple of years. (Hey, at my age I'm not willing to wait. I don't even buy green bananas!).

So after a few months I punted Comcast and had a DirecTV dish and DVR's installed. I am a happy camper! Oh, the DirecTV DVR's aren't quite as good as TiVo's, but they're worlds better than Comcast. And I'm back to getting all the programming I became accustomed to.

And by the way--I have less service interruptions here than I experienced up north!