[Austin-ghetto-list] Re: mundane TV question

Tue, 18 Sep 2001 14:57:02 -0500

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Jeff and Jim,
I got a DirecTV dish and signed a year lease so now I own the dish and the 
box.  The guy that installed said the dish is worth about $45 and the box 
is worth over $250.  The dish is attached to a 6' fence beside my house and 
I was concerned about someone just cutting the wires and unscrewing it and 
walking off with it.  That was why I asked how expensive it would be to 
replace it.

I wish I had never cut the cable.  I misunderstood when they said you don't 
get local channels from the satellite.  I thought I would still get the 
major networks and all I would lose was the local news.  WRONG.  You don't 
get any major networks on the satellite on DirecTV.  So I had to buy rabbit 
ears from Radio Shack.  They are always falling over and getting out of 
kilter.  I have never been able to figure out how to wire the satellite box 
so I can record anything on the VCR.  I cannot record the ABC news every 
day like I used to, because it comes over the rabbit ears and if I leave 
home in the morning to go to work, you can be sure the cats will knock the 
rabbit ears over before time to start recording the news.

The worst problem with the whole satallite thing is how complicated it 
is.  There are so many channels and you would never remember the numbers, 
so you have to go scrolling around in this little menu which doesn't have 
names of channels but little symbols.  There are about 500 some odd numbers 
and only some of them have channels on them (unless you pay horrendous huge 
charges every month).  So any time I want to change channels, it's scroll 
on and on and on for 15 minutes or so until I find the channel I want.  And 
remember it's a major conversion if I am going from satellite to rabbit 
ears or back.

I finally just had them cut off the satellite because it had been months 
since I watched it.  In fact, I don't watch TV any more.  The news is on 
the internet, and I can do without the $40 a month fee.  I did watch Peter 
Jennings on rabbit ears a couple of days after the attack last week.

Karen

>Jeff:
>I'm looking into it myself! Been talking to my really good
>cellular/digital provider guy at PC Cellular here in Austin.
>They also handle dish. Call Tom Russell at 834-0002 and
>feel free to drop my name.
>Jim Baldauf
>>
>>In this month of huge dilemmas I have this small one. I am sick of Time 
>>Warner and want to get dish TV. Does anybody have it? Any good? Who 
>>should I order it through?
>>Does the dish point south?
>>  Told you it was mundane.
>>  nightbyrd

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Jeff and Jim, 
I got a DirecTV dish and signed a year lease so now I own the dish and
the box.&nbsp; The guy that installed said the dish is worth about $45
and the box is worth over $250.&nbsp; The dish is attached to a 6' fence
beside my house and I was concerned about someone just cutting the wires
and unscrewing it and walking off with it.&nbsp; That was why I asked how
expensive it would be to replace it. 
 
I wish I had never cut the cable.&nbsp; I misunderstood when they said
you don't get local channels from the satellite.&nbsp; I thought I would
still get the major networks and all I would lose was the local
news.&nbsp; WRONG.&nbsp; You don't get any major networks on the
satellite on DirecTV.&nbsp; So I had to buy rabbit ears from Radio
Shack.&nbsp; They are always falling over and getting out of
kilter.&nbsp; I have never been able to figure out how to wire the
satellite box so I can record anything on the VCR.&nbsp; I cannot record
the ABC news every day like I used to, because it comes over the rabbit
ears and if I leave home in the morning to go to work, you can be sure
the cats will knock the rabbit ears over before time to start recording
the news. 
 
The worst problem with the whole satallite thing is how complicated it
is.&nbsp; There are so many channels and you would never remember the
numbers, so you have to go scrolling around in this little menu which
doesn't have names of channels but little symbols.&nbsp; There are about
500 some odd numbers and only some of them have channels on them (unless
you pay horrendous huge charges every month).&nbsp; So any time I want to
change channels, it's scroll on and on and on for 15 minutes or so until
I find the channel I want.&nbsp; And remember it's a major conversion if
I am going from satellite to rabbit ears or back. 
 
I finally just had them cut off the satellite because it had been months
since I watched it.&nbsp; In fact, I don't watch TV any more.&nbsp; The
news is on the internet, and I can do without the $40 a month fee.&nbsp;
I did watch Peter Jennings on rabbit ears a couple of days after the
attack last week. 
 
Karen 
 
 
<blockquote type=cite cite>Jeff: 
I'm looking into it myself! Been talking to my really good 
cellular/digital provider guy at PC Cellular here in Austin. 
They also handle dish. Call Tom Russell at 834-0002 and 
feel free to drop my name. 
Jim Baldauf 
<blockquote type=cite cite> 
In this month of huge dilemmas I have
this small one. I am sick of Time Warner and want to get dish TV. Does
anybody have it? Any good? Who should I order it through? 
Does the dish point south? 
&nbsp;Told you it was mundane. 
&nbsp;nightbyrd</blockquote></blockquote></html>

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