In article ,
lid said...

The next thing will be people citing those cable-industry Dishes Suck
ads I've been seeing (especially on West Coast local TV), in which some
schmuck attaches his ratty-looking dish to a crooked stick that waves
in the wind, and then he complains the dish doesn't work right.

Is that any worse than DTV touting their "superior all-digital" channels?
It's a business and they all lie to sway the uninformed their way.

In my area the SA8000 was nothing extra for the box, and the guide
data was ~$6.50/mo. Making that cheaper than TIVO, but OTOH, I had to
get digital cable, and fairly high level package at that.

After trying it out for a couple of months I returned my 2 SA 8000's
to TW. They are highly unreliable and buggy.


On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 09:37:56 GMT, "Kevin Weaver"
wrote:

He may be paying 15.00 a month. But he is getting the guide info also
Tivo guide Info Is 12.95 a mo. All Its costing him Is 2.05 a mo.
Plus the fact there Is no buying the unit 300-400 bucks for a tivo.


"Lenroc" wrote in message
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On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 21:08:07 -0800, Jack Stringer wrote:

To all of you who are looking to TiVo because you really have no
choice....

If anyone is here thinking that, I'd strongly recommend looking into
ReplayTV instead.

I don't like the fact that the TiVo's turn into a doorstop if you don't
pay
the fee. [...] And yes, if I don't pay my cable bill this will turn
into a doorstop too.

I don't like renting things that I intend to have for a while. After only
one year of renting that at $15/mo, you'll have put nearly $200 into it,
with no equity. You don't get to keep it, even if you end up paying it's
cost in rental fees.

To each his own, though...

--
Lenroc

In my area the SA8000 was nothing extra for the box, and the guide
data was ~$6.50/mo. Making that cheaper than TIVO, but OTOH, I had to
get digital cable, and fairly high level package at that.

After trying it out for a couple of months I returned my 2 SA 8000's
to TW. They are highly unreliable and buggy.


On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 09:37:56 GMT, "Kevin Weaver"
wrote:

He may be paying 15.00 a month. But he is getting the guide info also
Tivo guide Info Is 12.95 a mo. All Its costing him Is 2.05 a mo.
Plus the fact there Is no buying the unit 300-400 bucks for a tivo.


"Lenroc" wrote in message
news:[email protected]
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 21:08:07 -0800, Jack Stringer wrote:

To all of you who are looking to TiVo because you really have no
choice....

If anyone is here thinking that, I'd strongly recommend looking into
ReplayTV instead.

I don't like the fact that the TiVo's turn into a doorstop if you don't
pay
the fee. [...] And yes, if I don't pay my cable bill this will turn
into a doorstop too.

I don't like renting things that I intend to have for a while. After only
one year of renting that at $15/mo, you'll have put nearly $200 into it,
with no equity. You don't get to keep it, even if you end up paying it's
cost in rental fees.

To each his own, though...

--
Lenroc

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:52:14 GMT, Peter Cremel
wrote:

In article [email protected],
"Jack Stringer" wrote re SA8000:

I do not believe it is upgradeable.
Cost is about $15 per month including Guide programming.
It's a rental, so you don't own it but then you can upgrade to the latest
version as they come out.

Don't they also charge you a few bucks a month for a remote?

35 cents/mo.

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:52:14 GMT, Peter Cremel
wrote:

In article [email protected],
"Jack Stringer" wrote re SA8000:

I do not believe it is upgradeable.
Cost is about $15 per month including Guide programming.
It's a rental, so you don't own it but then you can upgrade to the latest
version as they come out.

Don't they also charge you a few bucks a month for a remote?

35 cents/mo.

Don't they also charge you a few bucks a month for a remote?,

$0.99 I believe

Don't they also charge you a few bucks a month for a remote?,

$0.99 I believe

In article [email protected],
"Jack Stringer" wrote:

Don't they also charge you a few bucks a month for a remote?,

$0.99 I believe

Please make sure, some charge as much as $4.

In article [email protected],
"Jack Stringer" wrote:

Don't they also charge you a few bucks a month for a remote?,

$0.99 I believe

Please make sure, some charge as much as $4.

In article ,
Lazarus Long wrote:

Don't they also charge you a few bucks a month for a remote?

35 cents/mo.

But how much for an SA 8000 remote?