[Gigantor]

"That's fine if you can put up a dish. But people in apartments and townhomes can't do that..."

The DISH network dish is so small it can easily be mounted outside a window on a townhouse or apartment building.

The DISH network has a higher quality picture then DirecTV, and you can get their basic 150 channels for just 39.99 a month.

Once my cable bill went up to over 70 bucks, I got the DISH, and with HBO & Showtime it is just 40 bucks a month.

Don't let the cable company fool you about rain outages - they are so minimal and short lived to be barely noticable.

How about those constant cable outtages?

[general_re]

The DISH network has a higher quality picture then DirecTV...

That's the kind of statement that's guaranteed to start a massive flamewar on rec.video.satellite.dbs and similar forums, but I'll just leave it at "I disagree" ;)