What's better cable or satellite in Los Angeles, CA?

Question

What's better cable or satellite in Los Angeles, CA. Please let me know why and what company.

We are shopping around and want something by next two months.

Answer 1

for better picture  quality, get cable, and they dont need contracts.

but if u have verizon Fios available in your area and you have hdtv, they are the best. a little pricey though than than cable or sat.

good luck

Answer 2

For basic HD service, I have the TimeWarner box that runs $24/month for about 7 HD channels (and a bunch of others we never watch)

Dish has just announced some "TurboHD" packages that start about $24/month - but only include high def channels and include locals.

These new packages wont become available until Aug 1 so I am waiting until then to upgrade to HD (I have SD now from Dish).

In general - I like the software on the Dish units better. They extend sports longer (we have missed the end of some games on the cable box), they have better searching with Dish, you can setup custom lists of channels with Dish (but with cable -  you see every channel even if you dont subscribe to it and sometimes you try to record something by mistake).

I like cable because - no commitment.  I can stop service any time.  Dish wants a 2 year commitment.

Oh - the newer Dish PVR's let you hook up an external Hard drive with a USB cable to save off favorite shows.

Once I get local stations in HD from both the cable and Dish, I could try and tell you which has better picture, but I cannot do an A/B comparison right now.

Answer 3

Sattelite. cable just doesn't deliver enough channels for what you pay. I'd say Go with Dish Network, you can get over 280+ channels for about $94.98. DirecTV package has about 250 channels for $105.00. Wow, and you still have to buy the equipment for about $400. Go Dish Network! :)