No More TVG For Me

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by todko

Same here -- Dish is the bomb. Hell, my TW cable went out in bad weather more than my Dish. And if the Dish goes out it's back on again in a few minutes. When cable went out it was for most of the day. From what I understand cable TV often sends signals by satellite. Then they transmit over the cable to your house.

I saved about $400 per year by going with Dish. That's like a free flight to Vegas!

How is the programming in general? Would you say the dish is a big improvement to cable in terms of the programming? Do you get a lot more channels with the dish?

[Independent George]

Question about HRTV and/or TVG. Do they telecast all the races on a card at a track or do they just pick & choose ?

[disappearingdan_akaplaya]

Originally Posted by Independent George

Question about HRTV and/or TVG. Do they telecast all the races on a card at a track or do they just pick & choose ?

sometimes theyll only show the partial card of a track, this information youll find on their respecive websites. 1 thing that irritates the hell outta me is tvg wont show you a live race from calder or arlington and will show em on tape delay sometimes just so you can see a frickin live post parade from NY

[todko]

Originally Posted by disappearingdan_akaplaya

sometimes theyll only show the partial card of a track, this information youll find on their respecive websites. 1 thing that irritates the hell outta me is tvg wont show you a live race from calder or arlington and will show em on tape delay sometimes just so you can see a frickin live post parade from NY

That's the truth. They prioritize the NY and CA races -- possibly because it's more betting handle. To me, HRTV is much better. They talk more about the racing and also show more races on time. TVG talks way too much about their Pick 4 tickets and such -- some of the staff there clearly have ego issues. They'll spend 20 minutes talking about their Pick 4 and Pick 6 tickets (few of which ever hit) while you're left wondering if they are going to show any racing on time. I could frankly care less what people like Todd Schmuck or Matty Carrothers play in their tickets.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

How is the programming in general? Would you say the dish is a big improvement to cable in terms of the programming? Do you get a lot more channels with the dish?

i haven't had cable in forever. dish has a ton of channels. i'd imagine if you get the top package you would get more.
go to dishnetwork dot com. they have all their packages listed, as well as movie channel packages. and you can get local network channels. then you can compare to what you've got now.

and i believe you can still add channels ala carte. so you can get a lesser package if the bigger only has one more channel you're looking for, and then add that one extra channel.

[todko]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

How is the programming in general? Would you say the dish is a big improvement to cable in terms of the programming? Do you get a lot more channels with the dish?

I get more channels for the $ and frankly the picture is better also. I had digital cable and it wasn't as clear as the picture with the Dish.

You can't beat it. After some of the neighbors saw the picture they started going with the Dish too. I'd say at least 75% of the homes in the area now have the Dish. TW cable has really taken a beating here and deservedly so. TW jacked everyone's rates yearly and were difficult to deal with at times.