On this subject:
When installing a satellite dish, they need to have a clear view to
the southern sky, at least with the Dish service. Therefore my dish is
installed on the south side of my brick house, just above the
telephone service box, and about nine feet above ground. I would have
liked to have it lower, so it would be easier to clean off the snow in
the winter, but they needed that height to have a clear view thru the
trees.
Also, be aware that big thunderstorms will stop all satellite
transmissions. To get around that, I have a large, old fashion aerial
in my attic, so that during storms, I can at least switch off the
satellite, and go back to using the aerial, and get the local stations
such as 3, 11, 32, 15, etc.
Placing the dish on a post, as Marta suggested, is ok too, but you may
want to check your neighborhood zoning. In some places, they do not
allow you to have a dish in your front yard, and who knows what other
restrictions some little village committees might come up with.
Neal Hammon
rural Shelby County
On Aug 421, 1120092007, at 10:47 PM, Marta Edie wrote:
No, they sit in the yard and you can camouflage them with plants,
they only need enough free space above to focus on that satellite,
therefore you are not free to choose the spot.
Marta
On Aug 21, 2009, at 22:36 pm, Andy Arnold wrote:
Good ideas. Do you have to have a dish hanging off your house to
get Dish and the others? I think they are banned in my neighborhood!
On Aug 20, 2009, at 11:57 PM, Robert Kersting wrote:
IIRC, DirecTV and Dish offer hundreds of digital channels at no
extra
charge. Cheaper than Insight, better support and it's cheaper. Yes,
you get all the local stuff too.
I'm really amazed more people don't take this route. Sure, your
internet access may go up a bit but it's a small price to pay.
Step two would be to call Insight and tell them you're discontinuing
your cable TV in favor of a satellite dish. I'll bet they'll come up
with some special pricing to keep you on board.
Just some thoughts.
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 11:15 PM, Andy Arnold<andyarno...@mac.com>
wrote:
Any cable TV experts in the group?
I can't figure this whole racket out... I have a couple HD TVs
with built-in
tuners... Insight wants $15 per month for their DVR which is
supposed to
carry many more HD channels than if I plug the cable wire
directly into the
HD TV. But this is a crude solution for many reasons (one of
which is that
you can't sync the boxes) Plus I don't watch that much TV, so $30
a month
just for the box is crazy. I had heard that some TVs can contain
a cable
decoder card that will allow the signal from all of Insight's
channels to
come thru in HD. But now most manufacturers have abandoned that
strategy
because all TVs have a digital tuner built-in and if your cable
company is
outputting unscrambled channels then you can tune all the
stations through
the TV without a cable box or CableCard. Is the problem that
Insight is
behind the national curve and still scrambling most of their
stations? Stop
the madness! Would love to hear what others are doing about all
of this...
BTW, this is still a Mac topic because I have an AppleTV thrown
into the mix
as well :-)
thanks
Andy
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