Comments | bcmom: To Have Satellite TV or Not?

bcmom

To Have Satellite TV or Not?

Mar 02, 2011 12:27

A lot of people we know have canceled their Satellite TV and Cable TV and get all their television shows via the Internet and/or service like Netflix. I tried to convince my husband that it would save us a lot of money if we did the same thing. We can get our local channels with the antenna in the attic, and practically everything else is ( Read more... )

03/11, entertainment, savings, tv

Comments 2

Satellite TV anonymous March 3 2011, 02:32:54 UTC

We live in a rather remote area. We switched from Direct TV to antenna only for a year (no cable available in our area). Even with a new antenna, our reception was awful. And inconsistent. We could get a certain channel for a while, but then it would be gone. I also really missed DVR. So, after a year, we wanted to switch back to Direct TV, but like you mentioned, the good deals are only available to "new" customers, and one has to be a non-customer for 2 years before they consider you "new". So, we went with Dish. Overall, I prefer Direct TV, except for their new customer policy. Recording options are better with Direct TV.

bojojoti March 3 2011, 05:29:13 UTC

Our kids aren't big TV watchers, so an antenna gets them their local stations, and they watch other things by Hulu and other Internet sites. So many shows are available online by the networks that show them.