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Originally Posted by webexplorer
I am thinking about buying a satellite dish for my home. I never bought one before. Some of you said that the Dish Network is good one. I live in eastern state. Which model dish is better? What size is better? Plastic or wired dish?
I do not have a flat LCD monitor, but just for now I use the regular tube TV.
Some of you know that in 2009 will be no longer run on all TV tubes so I have to prepare to buy a new one in a few years. If I buy a LCD TV set, will it able to hook up the same satellite dish?
I think that, in a few years later, we need to be careful because some dealers might lie to us if we are forced to buy a new dish which is not necessary. Who knows.
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Unlike satellite, with HD Cable you can watch local broadcast channels (like ABC, NBC, CBS, and PBS*) in HD without an antenna. So you can see the prime-time and sports programs that you wanted to watch when you bought an HDTV set. But if you want to go with satellite, I recommend you pick up an additional set-top-box, mainly an OTA (over-the-air) HDTV receiver with an antenna.
Before you buy an OTA HDTV receiver, I recommend you buy either:
Winegard SharpShooter (indoor)
http://www.winegard.com/offair/sharpshooter.htm
Or:
Winegard SquareShooter (outdoor)
http://www.winegard.com/offair/squareshooter.htm
There may be other outdoor antennas but just to name a few...
For HDTV OTA receivers:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1117178265456
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Samsu...oductDetail.do
You should do some research on those HDTV OTA receivers and antennas...
I know my post aren't related to closed-caption thread but just wanted to point anyone out when they may decide whether to go with satellite or cable.
And one more thing, check
http://www.antennaweb.org/aw/welcome.aspx for HDTV OTA channel listings before you buy the receiver and an antenna.