Archived from groups: alt.video.ptv.tivo (More info?)
On Tue, 10 May 2005 11:00:02 GMT, Jack Zwick <jzwick4@mindspring.com>
wrote:
>In article <0p6v71daf4e62g2ctdt4ktm8nvnmv8bftj@4ax.com>,
> Scott <spam784@spam.spam> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 07 May 2005 04:06:29 GMT, "RichG" <rich99sue@sbcxxxglobal.net>
>> wrote:
>> >Somebody's got to find a better way to deliver the signal. Satellite dishes
>> >go out in storms; cable can't get it right...seems like there is room for
>> >improvement here.
>>
>> I've got both, (basic cable comes "free" with Cable Internet access),
>> have had them both for about 4.5 years now. I live in Seattle, we gets
>> lots of rain. I have a TiVo, so it is recording at all sorts of random
>> times.
>>
>> On DirecTV I see some weather-related pixelation for about 10-30sec
>> about once every 2 weeks. I get an actual signal loss of 15-40sec
>> about once every 6 months.
>>
>> On cable I get one outage of 1+hrs about once a month. These will
>> occasionally cause me to miss aan entire program, the DirecTV problems
>> have never caused me to miss more than a few minutes of a broadcast.
>>
>> The digital sound seems much better on DirecTV as well.
>
>Cable varies with the local franchise.
>
>DirecTv gets better the farther South you live. It's GREAT in Houston.
Better how? You either get the signal or you don't. A 50% signal strength
looks no different than a 100% signal strength.
I happen to be in one of the farthest areas for reception, yet I still get
high 90's and a few 100%'s on just about every channel.
On Tue, 10 May 2005 11:00:02 GMT, Jack Zwick <jzwick4@mindspring.com>
wrote:
>In article <0p6v71daf4e62g2ctdt4ktm8nvnmv8bftj@4ax.com>,
> Scott <spam784@spam.spam> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 07 May 2005 04:06:29 GMT, "RichG" <rich99sue@sbcxxxglobal.net>
>> wrote:
>> >Somebody's got to find a better way to deliver the signal. Satellite dishes
>> >go out in storms; cable can't get it right...seems like there is room for
>> >improvement here.
>>
>> I've got both, (basic cable comes "free" with Cable Internet access),
>> have had them both for about 4.5 years now. I live in Seattle, we gets
>> lots of rain. I have a TiVo, so it is recording at all sorts of random
>> times.
>>
>> On DirecTV I see some weather-related pixelation for about 10-30sec
>> about once every 2 weeks. I get an actual signal loss of 15-40sec
>> about once every 6 months.
>>
>> On cable I get one outage of 1+hrs about once a month. These will
>> occasionally cause me to miss aan entire program, the DirecTV problems
>> have never caused me to miss more than a few minutes of a broadcast.
>>
>> The digital sound seems much better on DirecTV as well.
>
>Cable varies with the local franchise.
>
>DirecTv gets better the farther South you live. It's GREAT in Houston.
Better how? You either get the signal or you don't. A 50% signal strength
looks no different than a 100% signal strength.
I happen to be in one of the farthest areas for reception, yet I still get
high 90's and a few 100%'s on just about every channel.