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- 12-22-2009 05:04 AM #51
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Do yourself a favor and get a 10-foot dish! Don't scimp on C-band dish size!
OTA can be really good if you have good HD network stations in your area.
I recommend an HD TiVo (which unfortunately is also a subscription); in addition to being a great OTA-HD recorder, it allows you to watch YouTube, Netflix, Amazon etc on your TV.
FTA, I've finally realized, is simply the most expensive possible way to watch free TV.
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- 12-22-2009 06:55 AM #52
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Originally Posted by gdavisloop 
Well, remember this, no matter what, if you decide to stop FTA TV, the equipment is still worth something. Directv or DISH leased equipment, while sucky, is still THEIRS, and not only must you PAY upfront for it, they'll tell you how you can use it, and when you're done with it they'll be wanting it back, too....
I always tell folks if you have more time than money, FTA is for you. If you have more money than time, 1-800-directv.
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- 12-22-2009 11:46 AM #53
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Steps taken so far:
- Wife bought me a 10' dish for Christmas from WS International for additional FTA programming
- We bought a Samsung blu-ray player with built-in Netflix, Pandora and YouTube
- Started Netflix subscription (LOVE it so far)
- Reduced DN from top 250 to top 100 (Savings: $23 a month / $276 a year)
- Dropped DN HD package (Savings: $10 a month / $120 a year)
- Dropped DN Superstations (Savings: $6 a month / $72 a year)
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- 12-22-2009 01:09 PM #54
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We only have 5 OTA channels here, and We only watch CBS for NCIS and a couple others, only watch Fox on Sunday for the local football. All the rest is FTA. Have literally hundreds of FTA channels, but only have 50 in scan that we watch on a regular basis. Love Pentagon, RFD, Bio, THC, RTV, ION, NASA, PBS, Christian channels, and others. Yes, it costs to watch free TV, but every one of our dishes are scrounged, and it dosn't take long to pay for the recievers, switches, LNBs, etc. we did buy, over what we would spend on a frisbee dish sub that doesn't offer a lot of TV that's fit to watch. Since we live in a remote area, there are plenty of old dishes people aren't using anymore and are sick of mowing around them. Every once in a while someone will want to be paid for one, but for every one who wants to sell, there are 5 available free.
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