DirecTV vs. cable

MTK · 02-09-2009, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by dmek25

now that someone brought it up, how many T.V's do you guys have in your household? i have 6( and my parents are always getting on me for it)

4, one in each bedroom and one in the living room. I now have all flat panels so I should be done buying TVs for a long time. Just got a new 46" Panasonic plasma for the living room, it rocks.

BDBohnzie · 02-09-2009, 12:33 PM

We have 3. Basement, kitchen, our bedroom. Kids don't have cable drops in their rooms, and I don't plan on doing that anytime soon.

We have Comcast, and for what it's worth, it's fine. We haven't had any problems with TV or Internet service. And the only reason I haven't switched to DirecTV is because DSL isn't provided in our neighborhood. So in order to have high speed internet (which I need for work) and not pay close to $60/month for it, I'm sticking with Comcast for now. My parents have and love FiOS, and I would consider that switch if it's ever provided. But for now, Comcast is fine.

saden1 · 02-09-2009, 04:07 PM

I have two, maybe Uncle Sam will give me monies to buy more TVs in this porkulus package :p The PC in my bedroom has a 30" Dell monitor and a TV tuner card and I have 50" Panasonic Plasma in the living room.

Soon as Verizon FIOS is available Comcast is getting tossed on the streets. It's a little personal and a little business. Around here Comcast has plenty of HD channels, the quality of picture is pretty good, and their DVR is second to none but they've rubbed me the wrong way too many times and there are consequences [to] poking your customers.

KLHJ2 · 02-09-2009, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by saden1

I have two, maybe Uncle Sam will give me monies to buy more TVs in this porkulus package :p The PC in my bedroom has a 30" Dell monitor and a TV tuner card and I have 50" Panasonic Plasma in the living room.

Soon as Verizon FIOS is available Comcast is getting tossed on the streets. It's a little personal and a little business. Around here Comcast has plenty of HD channels, the quality of picture is pretty good, and their DVR is second to none but they've rubbed me the wrong way too many times and there are consequences poking your customers.

Getting rubbed the wrog way is still better than not getting rubbed at all.

over the mountain · 02-10-2009, 03:33 PM

i have bunny ears hooked up to my 60 inch HD tv . . . on top of that, when i went to go get my converter box i was told the gov't ran out of money to reimburse us for some of the cost like they said they would. . . thanks for not putting enough money away for this project or thanks for putting enough money away only to divert it to other gov't spending.

KLHJ2 · 02-10-2009, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by over the mountain

i have bunny ears hooked up to my 60 inch HD tv . . . on top of that, when i went to go get my converter box i was told the gov't ran out of money to reimburse us for some of the cost like they said they would. . . thanks for not putting enough money away for this project or thanks for putting enough money away only to divert it to other gov't spending.

Why in the world do you have bunny ears connected to a HDTV...on second thought how in the hell do you have them connected?

cpayne5 · 02-10-2009, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by over the mountain

i have bunny ears hooked up to my 60 inch HD tv . . . on top of that, when i went to go get my converter box i was told the gov't ran out of money to reimburse us for some of the cost like they said they would. . . thanks for not putting enough money away for this project or thanks for putting enough money away only to divert it to other gov't spending.

If you have an HDTV, you don't need a converter box. Use HD

bunny ears.

over the mountain · 02-10-2009, 03:40 PM

1) because i live paycheck to paycheck 2) i have an amplified bunny ears with tin foil on top that runs your average coaxil cable right into the back of your tv just like a cable box (which is actually an upgrade from connecting a cable from my window screen to the tv with no ears at all)

and i did host a SB party, hahahaha but it came out crystal clear b/c the station amped up their analog frequency just for the game so people using bunny ears got a clear image.

KLHJ2 · 02-10-2009, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by over the mountain

1) because i live paycheck to paycheck 2) i have an amplified bunny ears with tin foil on top that runs your average coaxil cable right into the back of your tv just like a cable box (which is actually an upgrade from connecting a cable from my window screen to the tv with no ears at all)

and i did host a SB party, hahahaha but it came out crystal clear b/c the station amped up their analog frequency just for the game so people using bunny ears got a clear image.

I forgot about those antennas with the coax adapters. I was still thinking of the double pronged wires that you used to screw to the back of the set.

In no way was I poking fun at your financial situation nor am I now, but I could not help but think to myself "One day, I'm gonna have HD to go with my HDTV".

mredskins · 02-10-2009, 04:01 PM

If you have a HD TV with a HD converter built in you can pick up HD channels with bunny ears with no problem. Agruable maybe the best HD picture you will see.

It will be displayed as a ##-#. for example my NBC is 11 but over bunny ears my HD NBC is 11-1.

If not for the wife this would be my set up at my house also. MPT (Maryland Public TV) has seriously 4 or 5 HD channels that they brodcast and can easily be picked up by bunny ears.

I figured this out becasue the wonderful world of DircTV didn't allow HD local channels in my area. I now have Comcast.

KLHJ2 · 02-10-2009, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by mredskins

If you have a HD TV with a HD converter built in you can pick up HD channels with bunny ears with no problem. Agruable maybe the best HD picture you will see.

It will be displayed as a ##-#. for example my NBC is 11 but over bunny ears my HD NBC is 11-1.

If not for the wife this would be my set up at my house also. MPT (Maryland Public TV) has seriously 4 or 5 HD channels that they brodcast and can easily be picked up by bunny ears.

I figured this out becasue the wonderful world of DircTV didn't allow HD local channels in my area. I now have Comcast.

Yeah, but all of that goes away this month. There will be no "over the air" Broadcasts.

mredskins · 02-10-2009, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Angry

Yeah, but all of that goes away this month. There will be no "over the air" Broadcasts.

Really because isn't the convert box built into the set??? My understanding is that people with non-HD TV with Rabbit ears will now plug the Rabbit Ears into the convert box then the box into the TV, thus they are essential still using the rabbit ears. Most newer HD TV's already have this box built into so all you need are the bunny ears even after it switches over. Correct?

mredskins · 02-11-2009, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Angry

Yeah, but all of that goes away this month. There will be no "over the air" Broadcasts.

So basically this statement is false. OK.

KLHJ2 · 02-11-2009, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by mredskins

So basically this statement is false. OK.

Yes I was incorrect. I forgot that you could send a Digital signal through an over the air broadcast. It is a practice that has not used in the private sector until recently. That's part of the reason why they had to push the shutoff date.

You guys were granted an extra half year according to this link. Read "Analog Shutoff"
High-definition television in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

over the mountain · 02-10-2009, 04:28 PM

^^ haha yeah i didnt figure that out (my HDTV has a digital converter built in) till i got home (about an hour before SB kick off) trying frantically to hook up my converter box . . . but not all stations broadcast the digital signal yet, thoo most do so on the weekends.

but most HD channels (11.1 or 13.1 etc) only have audio and no video until the weekends if im lucky. im going to return the converter box and look into those HD bunny ears, thanks cpayne.

go skins!!

02-09-2009, 12:33 PM	#2
BDBohnzie Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Frederick, MD Age: 46 Posts: 4,628	Re: DirecTV vs. cable We have 3. Basement, kitchen, our bedroom. Kids don't have cable drops in their rooms, and I don't plan on doing that anytime soon. We have Comcast, and for what it's worth, it's fine. We haven't had any problems with TV or Internet service. And the only reason I haven't switched to DirecTV is because DSL isn't provided in our neighborhood. So in order to have high speed internet (which I need for work) and not pay close to $60/month for it, I'm sticking with Comcast for now. My parents have and love FiOS, and I would consider that switch if it's ever provided. But for now, Comcast is fine. __________________ Bad Things man, I mean bad things... “WE TOOK HIM IN THE SIXTH ROUND SO WE'RE NOT SMART EITHER.” - Shanny on what the Skins saw in Alfred Morris

02-09-2009, 04:07 PM	#3
saden1 MVP Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Seattle Age: 46 Posts: 10,069	Re: DirecTV vs. cable I have two, maybe Uncle Sam will give me monies to buy more TVs in this porkulus package :p The PC in my bedroom has a 30" Dell monitor and a TV tuner card and I have 50" Panasonic Plasma in the living room. Soon as Verizon FIOS is available Comcast is getting tossed on the streets. It's a little personal and a little business. Around here Comcast has plenty of HD channels, the quality of picture is pretty good, and their DVR is second to none but they've rubbed me the wrong way too many times and there are consequences [to] poking your customers. __________________ "The Redskins have always suffered from chronic organizational deformities under Snyder." -Jenkins Last edited by saden1; 02-09-2009 at 04:36 PM.

02-10-2009, 03:33 PM	#5
over the mountain Playmaker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: close to the edge Posts: 4,926	Re: DirecTV vs. cable i have bunny ears hooked up to my 60 inch HD tv . . . on top of that, when i went to go get my converter box i was told the gov't ran out of money to reimburse us for some of the cost like they said they would. . . thanks for not putting enough money away for this project or thanks for putting enough money away only to divert it to other gov't spending.

02-10-2009, 03:40 PM	#8
over the mountain Playmaker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: close to the edge Posts: 4,926	Re: DirecTV vs. cable 1) because i live paycheck to paycheck 2) i have an amplified bunny ears with tin foil on top that runs your average coaxil cable right into the back of your tv just like a cable box (which is actually an upgrade from connecting a cable from my window screen to the tv with no ears at all) and i did host a SB party, hahahaha but it came out crystal clear b/c the station amped up their analog frequency just for the game so people using bunny ears got a clear image.

02-10-2009, 04:01 PM	#10
mredskins Gamebreaker Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 13,081	Re: DirecTV vs. cable If you have a HD TV with a HD converter built in you can pick up HD channels with bunny ears with no problem. Agruable maybe the best HD picture you will see. It will be displayed as a ##-#. for example my NBC is 11 but over bunny ears my HD NBC is 11-1. If not for the wife this would be my set up at my house also. MPT (Maryland Public TV) has seriously 4 or 5 HD channels that they brodcast and can easily be picked up by bunny ears. I figured this out becasue the wonderful world of DircTV didn't allow HD local channels in my area. I now have Comcast. __________________ When life gives you paper jams, turn them into paper footballs!

02-10-2009, 04:28 PM	#15
over the mountain Playmaker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: close to the edge Posts: 4,926	Re: DirecTV vs. cable ^^ haha yeah i didnt figure that out (my HDTV has a digital converter built in) till i got home (about an hour before SB kick off) trying frantically to hook up my converter box . . . but not all stations broadcast the digital signal yet, thoo most do so on the weekends. but most HD channels (11.1 or 13.1 etc) only have audio and no video until the weekends if im lucky. im going to return the converter box and look into those HD bunny ears, thanks cpayne. go skins!!

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