Direct TV vs. Cable?

[ripley156]

Help guys!

Moving next week, I have always had cable and cable internet...

Do I want to consider Direct TV and a DSL through ATT?

Thanks,

Dan

[mhalsey]

Do I want to consider Direct TV and a DSL through ATT?

We have it. Didn't have a choice, really - no cable in our subdivision. I was worried about the difference since I was used to cable and broadband internet. I'm pleased so far. The sattelite provides sharper images as far as the TV's concerned. The DSL was the biggest surprise. It's only 1% slower than cable broadband when it comes to streaming media. It's really hard to gauge the difference, actually. Websites load just as fast as broadband so that pleased me. I was expecting performance to be only slightly better than dial-up so I'm pleasantly surprised with the whole package.

EDIT: Almost forgot - if you bundle your services (DirecTV, DSL and cell phone) you get a cheaper rate plus cash back - roughly $150, depending on what you subscribe to.

[Bengal]

I have both and I like both. Whatever that's worth...

[sully]

i did the at&t bundle when i bought my house last spring. service was fine, but it was dish network, not directv. we recently canceled the dish network and went to directv, but only because of mlb's exclusive, lameass deal. i have to say that i prefer dish network's menu setup and how it works versus directv.

sully

[atomic charvel guy]

Direct T.V. from the moment it became available.

[rjohnstone]

DirecTV and a VDSL connection. Faster than a cable modem and more reliable too.
I hate cable.

[Jack The Riffer]

I've had DirecTV for 8 years and like it....Only issue I have is when a bad storm with thick cloud cover comes in I lose the signal.

[Thrust]

I've had DirecTV for a number of years (7-8) and I will NEVER go back to cable. However, I unfortunately have to put up with Comcast for my broadband.

[Newc]

Every mini-dish setup I've encountered crapped out when the weather was anything but perfect, and I live in a rural area on a high hill with no trees near the house - we're the tallest thring out here so no interference from anything. It's just a weak system IMO.

I miss the giant "redneck" dishes. You could get a signal with those in everything but a tornado, and that was only because the dish wobbled in high winds

[chrisolson]

Direct TV has done well by me - except when the system shorted, and we lost everything...

[Bengal]

Rainfade sucks, no doubt about it. But it's not only the mini-dishes that suffer from this. The big ones do too...

[xsentrick]

Had direct TV and ATT dsl, but got screwed because of line of sight I could nto get HD satellite. It was a blessing in disguise though. I was able to get FIOS tv and internet through Verizon and The picture quality is superb and the internet is blazing fast!!! I have never been happier.

[SRD86]

I think the picture with Direct TV is better, but my wife watches a lot of movies and the on demand that Comcast provides is worlds better than Direct TV. to be honest I've had a lot of problem with the Direct TV DVR box since I switched 3 months ago. I'm ready to switch back to Comcast, mainly because the wife can shut up about the movie end of it

[Spivonious]

We have cable both here and having used a friend's DSL and DirecTV, I'm willing to keep paying a bit more for cable.

Any bad weather at all, even just a heavy rain, would knock out the satellite signal. Cable works no matter what's happening outside.

DSL is fine for webpages, but if you do any heavy downloading, you'll appreciate the faster speeds of cable. On sites that can offer the bandwidth, I get downloads over 1MB/s with Comcast's boost thingy. It doubles your speed for the first bit of large downloads, so I get 12Mbps (1.5MB/s) for a bit then it backs down to 6Mbps (750KB/s). Compared to DSL's standard 1.5Mbps (187.5KB/s) there is no contest.

[Bengal]

I forgot to mention the biggest reason I have DirecTV. NFL Sunday Ticket. Being a fan of a team not near my market makes the Ticket a must have...