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

[Frances Morey]

I have one friend with the dish and he has the same problems that Karen
described. Time/Warner is disgusting but they are the only game in town that
gives you flexibility in going from local to national without the hassle of
disconnecting and reconnecting systems. My biggest complaint against them is
that you have to buy "packages" of service, much of which I have no interest
in and could care less about, just to get Discovery, A & E and Bravo which I
tended to turn to above all the rest, including network. 
Frances


On Tue, 18 Sep 2001 14:57:02 -0500, Karen Willis wrote:

>  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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