[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

When I used to have a cable box, I remember the ads in the corner of the screen. You change the channel, and you get a new ad. It disappears in about 3 seconds, but every time you change the channel, you see an ad in the corner. That was just with the cable box. That's why I stopped service with the cable box; I got tired of all the ads. I still have cable service, just not with the box.

But you're saying that with satellite, I can turn the ads on or off? If that's true, then I will definitely look into it.

[sorry for repeating myself, i'm barely coherent with no sleep at all - major insomnia]

[Hodar]

major insomnia

I USED to have that problem. May I suggest you run to Wal Mart and buy the 1 mg (not the 3 mg) tablets of Melatonin. Take 1 tablet about 30 minutes before bed time, and you will feel sleepy.

Just a word about Melatonin. It's a natural hormone your body makes throughout life. You made more of it when you were younger (notice how babies can sleep through anything), and you also make more of it when it's dark and rainy outside. Notice how well you sleep when you go camping? Basically, your brain released Melatonin in response to light intensity, that's why rainy days make you sleepy. When you take it, you will awaken refreshed; not drugged and in a stupor like both Rx and non-Rx sleeping pills do. If you want to 'fight' the effects, you certainly can. You are not drugged to sleep. You are just pre-conditioned to want to sleep - as if it were a rainy and overcast Sunday afternoon.

Regarding the Satelite TV. There are NO advertisements that pop up when you change the channel.