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Re: no more satellite radio competition, why not tv? said by Rob_:the service fades out in the rain due to the fact the dishes are too small and, their is nothing on tv worth watching anymore. I have to disagree with the first part. I've been with DirecTV for almost 7 years now. I have no shortage of complaints about various things, but as long as the dish is PROPERLY lined up, you won't get rain fade. I had mine working during 2 hurricanes back in Florida, and only lost the signal for about 30 minutes in each. I've had 0 problems here in Austin. Mind you I said when the dish is PROPERLY lined up, and most of the DTV sub-contractors don't bother to make sure it actually is. They shoot for a signal of any kind on a clear sunny day, and call it a day.
I will agree however that there is little worth watching these days, certainly little worth paying the price for.
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| I second that. I rarely lose Directv. The only times I can remember were a hurricane and a couple of bad electrical storms. For that matter my power goes off about every month or two so directv is more reliable than my power company. |
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Madison, AL | said by Corehhi:I second that. I rarely lose Directv. On the flip side, my parents had to drop DirecTV because their house backs up to thick woods in the due southwesterly direction (from Knoxville, TN), and eventually the tree growth got so thick that signal strength was in single digits on a clear sunny summer day. Sad day indeed, because they certainly enjoyed it while it lasted. |
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 KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
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| There's some options. Relocate the dish to the front of their property, or, elevate the dish so it can see clearly above the trees. I had trees behind my property for years, and I found that if I checked around the property there was several places I could get clear signal... surprisingly. I went with a TV antenna style pole on the roof with the dish mounted to the pole. It gave me elevation that I needed and still the dish was out of sight.
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Madison, AL | The dish was on the front of the property, and the trees shoot up a solid 40-50 feet over the house (excluding the older, taller trees).
The pole thing might have worked... if it were 100 feet tall. The back yard is all of 30 feet deep. When I say backs up to woods, I mean it in the most literal sense possible.
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