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I hate comcast or Time Warner and would prefer having DirectTV or Dish.

Directv. Got it last year after getting sick and tired of Comcast's customer service and crazy rates. With Directv I got for $60 more than I had for almost $200 from Comcast...and just kept Comcast's internet service at a reduced rate...so total i'm paying about $100.

Time Warner has the deal, but they will license the channel out to everyone.

DirectTV is the way to go. Te only exception would be if you love someplace with extremely bad weather in which case cable may be more reliable than satellite.

Aren't those only to stop build up of snow and ice? They won't helping a heavy snow, or even heavy rain when the actual falling precipitation interferes with signal. I have had momentary disruption in very heavy rain. I don't see how a heater could prevent that.

Normal rainfall is no problem though, and I have used direct TV in a light snow too without problem.

DirecTV is the shit. I had all the 2012 USC games recorded on my DVR, but for some reason some of them are no longer watchable. Maybe games can only sit for so long?

two things.

1) when you say Direct TV is the shit you are complementing them. Shit is bad, The Shit is good.

2) That is not really a direct TV issue it is a failure of the DVR that can happen with any DVR. You had a disk error or corruption of some kind. That is in no way unique to Direct TV. I have a program I saved from 6 years ago that I can still watch.

I know, I was intending to compliment them. I love DirecTV. I can see how one might think I don't though, since my following sentence was a bit negative. I'll have to see if there is a protect option like OldTrojan suggested and then I will have no complaints at all (regarding DirecTV or DVR).

If it is available, get Verizon Fios. I had DirecTV and like many posters here thought it was great. Then I switched to Verizon Fios and the picture is better and the tv has never gone out ever. Fios internet has never gone out either, rain and all. DirecTV has gone out a handful of times due to bad weather. Only thing is Sunday Ticket is not offered so I just go to Buffalo Wild Wings for my sunday NFL.

Oh yeah, and Time Warner sucks balls!!!!

Dishnetwork here, don't really care about the NFL package. Fuck Rupert Murdoch and anything ever associated with him.

Thanks for the clarification RB91

Bottom of the article you linked:

"For Time Warner Cable, snagging the rights to the Lakers and creating two channels is a shift in strategy. While many cable operators, including Comcast, Cox and Cablevision, are major players in the regional sports channel business, Time Warner Cable has pretty much stuck to the sidelines. However, Witmer said the move to get into business with the Lakers is part of its overall desire to "control our economic destiny."

The challenge will be getting other distributors to carry the Lakers. Regional sports networks are among the most expensive programming for distributors, costing more than $2.50 per month per subscriber, according to industry estimates. Given the cost of landing the Lakers, Time Warner Cable will probably be looking for more than $3.50.

First stop will be DirecTV, which has about 1 million subscribers in the area. Other distributors include Charter Communications and Cox Cable. Fox Sports West, meanwhile, will face pressure from distributors — including Time Warner Cable — to lower its prices because it would no longer have the area's marquee property."