[mythtv-users] Advice on Cable/Satellite Providers

[mark at zzo.com]

Dish is slightly cheaper I think but DirecTV has better sports programming
availability (NFL Sunday ticket etc...).  Also Dish makes all of their
own set top boxes whereas several companies make STBs for DirecTV
(I may be wrong about that first phrase tho)...
    M

Tarek Lubani(tarek at tarek.2y.net)@2003.05.20 20:53:06 +0000:
> I'm not sure what work is going into cable boxes, but I've been trying to
> keep track of the satellite front. Unless I am mistaken, Dish has pretty
> much not been discussed at all, whereas DirecTV has received quite a bit
> of coverage.. I'm not *really* sure how Dish beats out DirecTV (ethnic
> channels, maybe?), but it does seem that DirecTV has more subscribers in
> general, which means that their stuff has been better supported on the net
> (and consequently on MythTV). I run DirecTV, and it's relatively
> complete.. and not overly hard, though things like Pay Per View have in
> the past been a pain in the ass..
> 
> tarek : )
> 
> > This is somewhat of topic, but I'm trying to decide amongst various TV
> > provider options, and one of the considerations is how well the
> > providers will work with MythTV.  Here are my options:
> >
> > Comcast Digital Cable
> > RCN Digital Cable
> > DirecTV
> > Dish Network
> >
> > All of these require some sort of set top box.  My experience so far has
> > been with analog cable, so I'm not clear on what, other than having
> > MythTV call an external tuning script, I will need to get any of these
> > working.  I know there is a possibility of using a serial interface with
> > certain set top boxes, and I know I could probably get an IR blaster
> > that would work with most things, but if anyone has any specific advice
> > about set top boxes to get to work with any of these providers, or ones
> > to avoid, I'd appreciate it.  We're in Boston, if that helps, since I
> > know that some providers use different set top boxes in different areas.
> >
> > Any tips you might have would be great.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Mike
> >
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