cable is worth the money.
First of all, if picture quality is important to you, satellite transmission to your home will provide a much sharper picture than you can achieve from cable broadcasts due to the great deal of compression which cable must utilize in order to transmit so much broadcasting through miles and miles of cables. which in turn, results in a less than desirable picture quality in most cases.
Secondly, cable is pulling up the rear in terms of technology. Sat companies have currently launched a "sling" feature which allows subscribers to watch tv on their laptop or smartphone. not to mention "Google tv" which allows users to surf while they watch, as well as stream vids from popular tube sites like " Hulu or "YouTube"
Cable pros: no dish! the best internet service available
Satellite cons: big dish on your house or in your yard, loss of signal at times durng very windy or very rainy weather, not all programming available on sat, more possibility for errors.
Do you think cable tv is a better solution than satellite for HD? Which offers more channels in HD?
Satellite TV is better only in some cases. It is better in areas that have no cable service or have very limited cable selection. In some major areas with cable carrier competition, satellite is actually more expensive than cable. Satellite TV is a great choice for those in rural areas. This is because cable has a limited reach because of isntallition issues.
Satellite TV is almost always better than cable.
I believe that satellite dishes do provide better reception than cable service. I believe this because satellite dishes are bigger and getting their signals from huge satellites in space. They have less interference factors that affect them than cable service does and they are less likely to go off air as often happens with cable service. Satellite dishes also offer all HD channels where as with cable you have to pay an extra fee for HD many times. I think that satellite dishes receive stronger signals and are better equipped to interpret those signals than cable service is. I also believe that the satellite signals are jumbled less often than cable tv and because of this you get a clearer picture and more channels.
DIRECTV is a satellite company and cable TV is not. DIRECTV has more channels and clear reception. Also, DIRECTV is a good company and satellite is much better than cable TV.
Satellite seems to be just a little faster than digital cable. Also outages are less frequent with satellite than they are with cable. If they do occur they are always much shorter in duration than the cable.
This depends on the area in which you live. In some areas satellite will be your only option. The one advantage that digital cable has is that it is not as affected by weather like the satallites are.
I believe that Satellite Broadband is better then Cable service. The benefits of having a Cable Broadband is that it runs a lot longer then the other services.
When it comes to satellite or cable, these days determining which is better is dependent largely on two main factors: Channel availability and location Some locations are not suitable for receiving a strong satellite signal which can result in channel/image loss. Some channels which are available on satellite are not available on cable.
This is always a personal choice, but for the money and reliability cable is still consider the better choice over satellite. This is because any storm can cause interruption in reception for a satellite dish, however, cable being hard wired keeps going strong.
Satellite is improving its channels and the connections are better.
That's a tough one. We've had `wireless TV' since the first TV broadcast transmitter went on the air. It was free and still is. Then came cable and it was followed by satellite systems. I've had both cable and satellite. My personal preferences are for one of the satellite providers over cable, but unless you can get a good `line of sight' to the satellite with your receiving dish, you may have no choice but to opt out for cable. NO, NAOL IS