Satellite Tv Advice Needed Options

[MelindaK]

I am thinking of breaking down and getting satellite tv for the TT. Which has the better pay as you go Dish or Direct TV? Any preference on satellite dishes? My brother mentioned the cube since it is automatic. Not sure I want to pay that much, but I don't want to spend an hour setting up tv reception either.

[joez]

I have looked at people who work for hours to set up a dish and think how hard can you make this little job.

I must admit I am one of those klutzes that never found setting up a dish to be easy. We carried one to supplement the rooftop dome when we parked in trees. After a limb fell on DW and broke her shoulder, we decided to avoid trees so we almost always have a clear path for the dome. If I were to buy another dish to supplement the dome I would buy one of the portable ones.

This may not be important to most, but due to a set of unusual circumstances, we ended up with Direct and Dish in the same house with the same level of programming package and identical television and sound equipment. We actually could watch either for about four months while waiting for a contract to expire. Based on programming and picture quality, we chose to keep the Direct.