cable vs dish

k i need your help in this problem. anyone know wish one is better cable or dish and anyone have both dish and cable wish one have fuji tv i think that how it spell anyway help me to decide wish one is better.

If you get digital cable that is probably better than dish because of the occassional weather problems with dishes.

depends on what kind of cable u want, the dish is good because u get so many channels but on cable, if u get digital that is good because i think u get a lot of channels too but if u get basic cable u dont get as many channels but digital cable might me more than dish or just depends who is your provider and cost

k i will get digital cable. does they have fugi tv japanese channels. thanx for your suggestion

I actually have dish network, and am rather pleased with it. We have four recievers in the house. The weather only affects the dish when its MAJOR storms outside. Regular rain and shit will really do nothing, maybe some fuzz here and there. Dish is getting better and better.

yeah i guess i should of been more specific. Only major storms mess with the dish. I dont know which one costs more though.

Depends on the package. We actually own our dish outside, and all of our recievers. We get the premium package with locals for a decent price. About 70 dollars. It IS more then cable, but we only got some 70 chans on cable for 40 bucks or so. When we had it that is

Yeah i have a dish and i have a billion channels. I would suggest researching the number of channels digital cable has compared to dish. My friend has Time Warner Digital Cable and i think he has a lot of channels as well. Its best if you just went online and researched or went to some stores and ask around.

Also if any of you have comcast internet, you get a discount for having cable internet and television.

cable or dsl for internet? which is betetr?


I got 3 months of cable where I mvoed yesterday, wondering what to get when 3 months r up....cable or dish/dsl

Cable...more reliable.

Cable. Dsl is fucked up. YOu have to be within 18,000 feet (i think) of where they dsl servers are. The farther you are the slower your connection is. Fuck that, go cable.

i will get direct cable then i don't want dish here in wisconsin we have sometime bad weather and i don't want miss my channel. and i think cable have fugi tv yah finaly i will see some japanese anime channel. well thanx all of you for your suggestion

Ok, here are my opinions:

Cable vs. Dish: I worked for DISH Network as an Advanced Tech Rep for 1.5+ years, so I might be a little biased. Here are the reasons why Dish owns cable:

1. More Control: Having a satellite receiver assigned to every television (typically) gives you many more options on how you want to WATCH televsion. All new receivers (DISH Network) made within the last 5-7 years have the ability to set program timers to remind you of programs to watch, set up 'Favorite Lists' to browse thru only the channels you WANT to, an interactive Electronic Program Guide (no TV Guide channel, you scroll thru it as fast as you want), the ability to retrieve detailed program information by merely hitting a button, the ability to order PPV movies with your remote, and an assload more.
2. Better picture: All media is delivered via satellite in digital MPEG-2 form. 99% of receivers will support Coax/RCA Jacks/S-Video connections. Some will also output Dolby Digital via a Toslink (optical) cable. There are even several different High-Definition receivers that will output over YPrPb/RGB/DVI interfaces. ALL of your channels are digital quality, whereas Digital Cable only gives you a small amount of Digital channels (the rest are STILL Analog).
3. Cheap as hell: Basic DISH Network package (the America's Top 50) was $24.99 a month (for 1 receiver), when I still worked for DISH about 7-8 months ago. In either case, Basic Cable in most areas is still $40.99 and higher for basically the same channels, in a lower picture quality...

That may all sound great, but there ARE a few disadvantages to Satellite (or things Cable does better):

1. Multiple televisions: This is the major advantage cable has over satellite. For a satellite system to support a lot of TVs (3+), you need some heavy-duty switch gear, versus a mere powered-splitter for Cable. Satellite is getting some new switches and whatnot on the market to makes things easier and cheaper to overcome this advantage, but they're not quite there yet.
2. Equipment: In a fair portion of Satellite contracts, you own and are responsible for the maintenance of your satellite system. If something goes wrong and it's out of warranty, you're paying for a Technician, or fixing it yourself, usually. There ARE rental-type promotions that get around that, but they usually have a monthly charge to it.
3. Not always available: You DO need a clear Line of Sight to the southern sky to get signal. Trees/storms in the LoS can degrade signal, as can your dish being out of alignment. Storms for the most part should NOT be a problem, since signal is degraded in fractions. It has to be raining in a 1"/hour downpour to reduce your signal strength by roughly HALF. As long as you have 100+ signal (of possible 125) you should be ok unless it rains even harder than that. Just make sure your cable connections are sealed well against water intrusion.

I think that about covers it. Any other concerns or anything about satellite, I should be able to answer.

what do you do if you have a bad weather since in where i live sometimes is raining hard does they receiver wont get they signal.

Like I said, unless you have a low signal strength to begin with, it would take a torrential downpour for you to lose signal.

As long as the installer is competent, you shouldn't have a problem with Rain Fade, or water getting in your cable lines.

If it DOES go out during a storm (assuming rain), there's nothing you can do until it clears up enough to allow a good signal to get thru again.

Airborne water is the only thing that will usually affect it like that. Snow will not block signal when it's falling. It WILL if it collects on your dish, but you should be able to gently sweep it off and be fine.

It's all up to you, I just didn't want you to go believing all the bad stuff cable says about satellite. I personally would take satellite over cable ANY day.