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GGeorge
Explorer
Jan 24, 2017

Satalite vs Antenna TV

My local cable company is always running an ad about cable being better than satalite TV because of the continuous availability of service vs cloud cover and the blockage of the satalite beam to your tv. Is this still a really big problem?

I am considering dumping the cable and moving to direct or dish with a mobile antenna which will be in use all the time while on the road or at home, by changing the antenna feed from RV to house.

Does anyone else do this? Any problems?

Thanks, in advance

GGeorge
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    donn0128
    Explorer II
    Jan 24, 2017
    There are a few times I have experienced fade due to weather. Those times can happen if, the dish gets iced over, raining really hard. Few and far between. Does not really bother us because we have a DVR and rarely watch live peogramming. Nice thing about satellite is I can take it with me when we travel. All it requires is the correct antenna system for the RV as I have at home and to pick up a few select items when we leave home.

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