[dave from deland]

Originally Posted by hulahips

Our first day with direct TV. Its raining, thundering and TV is Out. Pls tell me this isn't the norm with direct? We just signed a 2 yr contract

We had Brighthouse cable for 14 years before moving to TV. We had DirectTV installed because Brighthouse wasn't available where we live. We are very happy with the clarity of the picture. The same television we used at our former address is much better with DirectTV. I don't mind putting up with the weather interruptions on occasion.

[Tobys Dad]

Hated the two years we were sentenced to Direct TV. Rain killed it every time. Back to Comcast and happy.

[joldnol]

We have had satellite off and on for 15 years. Yes you do get rain fade during thunderstorms but it is usually for a every short time. We had less outages with satellite than cable.

[CFrance]

Some people will never be happy with satellite. It is just "too new." Cable has been around forever, and it's what people are used to. Changing from something you are very used to is difficult.

We've had DirecTV for going on 15 years and love it. We love the ease of scheduling their DVR, and the sports channels, and the incredibly brilliant picture. I think I've mentioned before that the change was easier for us because we wanted to watch Steelers games, and they have NFL Ticket. And now they have Extra innings so we can watch all the Pirates games and catch some Tigers and Marlins games. So having a solid reason to change makes it easier.

They'd have to go out of business before we would change.

[JoMar]

Originally Posted by CFrance

Some people will never be happy with satellite. It is just "too new." Cable has been around forever, and it's what people are used to. Changing from something you are very used to is difficult.

We've had DirecTV for going on 15 years and love it. We love the ease of scheduling their DVR, and the sports channels, and the incredibly brilliant picture. I think I've mentioned before that the change was easier for us because we wanted to watch Steelers games, and they have NFL Ticket. And now they have Extra innings so we can watch all the Pirates games and catch some Tigers and Marlins games. So having a solid reason to change makes it easier.

They'd have to go out of business before we would change.

Satellite has been around for television to the home since the 80's and has continually improved though the use of high frequencies has increased it's susceptibility to weather interference. I think Cfrance is correct, we get those services that are important to us as individuals. If sports is important then you will accept the "minor" trade off to get what is important. If consistency through bad weather is important you will find a service that gives you that. If price is the driver then you will find alternatives and "cut the cord". All are the right choices for our individual needs which is why there is competition.

[John_W]

Originally Posted by Tobys Dad

Hated the two years we were sentenced to Direct TV. Rain killed it every time. Back to Comcast and happy.

Maybe 5 to 10 times a year a shower will be strong enough to interupt the reception for a few minutes. As stated before in several posts, switching to the backup channel, for example TNT channel 245, go to the alternate 245 and the program will reappear 9 times out of 10. If it doesn't, and you can stand seeing a black screen for a few minutes, I have over 500 hours of recorded programming. My Geni DVR from Directv will hold up to a 1000 hours. I have so many movies and shows recorded, I don't have time to watch them all. A rain interuption is sometimes a good thing. Also, the available programming is also unbeatable, I've never missed an NFL game of my favorite team. Been with Directv since 2008 and I wouldn't want anything else.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Yung Dum

Another problem with Direct Tv-when your box needs replacing, you have to send it back to them and wait for a new one arrive. That's 3-4 days with no tv. I suffered with it for 2 years and went back to cable.

I'm surpised. We never had to do that. Actually, we never had a box break. But new equipment was brought to the house.