More antenna
Filed under: Comm
I believe I was complaining about antennas and how good they seem to work. It is not that I am using a cheap antenna because I spent quite a bit on it, it’s actually an HD one and when the signal is good things look great! My irritation kind of seems to go in waves, about like the signal. When it is good and working great then I am fine and a happy camper. There are some channels I miss but it just wasn’t worth paying for a whole package of crap that I just wasn’t going to use. I don’t know much about and am not really interested in those boxes like Eurovox for cable or the Dreambox for satellite because the whole idea doesn’t seem quite fair to me. Although when the signal is bad and causing issues then I kind of reconsider things and all those extra channels and just going ahead and paying for cable or satellite TV instead of just using an antenna starts looking less annoying.
After calming down a bit I think I am about half way there. Halfway to going ahead and breaking down to pay for cable or satellite. I still am not sure which would be best, something like Sky or something like Comcast. They both have their attractions and their pitfalls. I am not honestly sure about what all the pitfalls are and what the full difference between them are but I know what makes me interested in both of them. Cable seems to be a bit more expensive but it looks to be more stable. The satellite seems to have some of the same problems that the antenna does but supposedly to a whole lesser degree. I have heard that during intense storms you don’t get anything or you lose out on some channels. But cable works whether there is a storm or not. The biggest problem with cable would be error on the provider’s part or somebody cutting something they shouldn’t. I think I would have to check more into what the differences are and just how bad satellite is during storms. I would probably go with satellite if the storm thing is not a big issue. I guess the next time I hit that boiling point with my current antenna I have something to do besides grab a crowbar.
Tags: antenna, cable, storm affects, windy