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Old 10-22-2008, 04:11 AM
 
Location: S.F.
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HI, I was just wondering if anyone around the Sioux Falls/ Harrisburg area have Satellite TV, (ie Dish Network/DirectTV). My wife and I bought a house in Harrisburg and move in next month and was just wondering if anyone had any problems with them.....

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Old 10-22-2008, 06:26 AM
 
Location: Sioux Falls
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I have had Direct TV since I got to Sioux Falls this February. I don't care for the fact the local channels aren't in HD and I don't like it when the local channels go out due to storms. Outside of that, I love it. There are a ton of HD channels, the price is far better than what I was paying for Time Warner Cable down in Texas, and it's a football fans dream come true.

If you are a football fan, the NFL Sunday Ticket (although a little pricey) is the best. They threw in the Superfan package for only 40 bucks more and I get all the games in HD, plus the redzone and game mix channel. I got a 52in LCD as a gift for myself when I came back from Afghanistan, so being able to watch 8 games at the same time on that bad boy is everything I could hope for in an in home football experience. I LOVE IT !!!

My father has dish back home in Cincinnati and HATES it. He's switching back to Direct TV... I suppose others will have their own experiences to share that may be quite different. Good luck !!!

Oh yeah I almost forgot, I'm a BIG fantasy football player and I can plug my FF team into the player tracker channel and it gives me in game status everytime one of my players scores. AWESOME !!!
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Old 10-22-2008, 04:13 PM
 
Location: S.F.
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Is it only the local channels that go out during storms? Thats pretty much the only thing that is stopping me from going with it.....I think I heard also that local channels in HD are coming as well, is this true?
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Old 10-23-2008, 06:26 AM
 
Location: Sioux Falls
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I haven't heard anything about the local channels coming in HD, but it sure would be nice, because the picture isn't that great otherwise. Then again, maybe it's just that I'm spoiled by the HD quality... I've only lost all channels during a storm once or twice and that was during a hail storm, but that's it.
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Old 10-26-2008, 11:20 AM
 
Location: S.F.
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Does anyone else have satellite in or around Siuox Falls?
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Old 10-26-2008, 10:36 PM
 
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Sorry I dont... I dont know of anyone that does either.
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Old 10-27-2008, 09:50 AM
 
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My brother does (Dish network) - he only looses signal during storms - same with my parents (about two hours from SF) and us here in Rapid.
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Old 10-28-2008, 03:56 PM
 
Location: black hawk SD
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I have DirecTV. I live near rapid. We only have signal loss when it is very very cloudy and windy, with low visibility (I.E. a blizzard) usually our cable goes out before DirecTV dose! Beyond that, our service has been excellent. We will be getting HD around Christmas (I already have a HDTV of my own, but will be getting one for parents)
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