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Sharkadder · 12-03-2008, 19:39

Hi, i have to admit i do not currently own a cable system.

I live in the UK and i know virgin media are the main cable company now since they took over from NTL and have done some research on it.

I know of the boxes you can get for cable that give you more than you bargain for shall we say.

looking at it cable only give's you 200+ channels, free to air or subscription, but the discussion i want to talk about is this:

Cable = jumpy
Cable = 200+ channels

Satellite = clear but affected by the wind
Satellite = 10,000+ channels with right system

Can i ask, do you lot do mainly satellite or cable? even looking at them stats satellite is the way to go, do you agree?.

I read that some sky channel's are not available on cable, but if virgin media stopped sky using a channel, all they could do is stop virgin1 and virgin1+1 so sky would be the way to go.

On my motorised sat system i can pick up loads of satellites from the uk, and i have loads of channel's, everybody i talk to recons stay with satellite, i have been quite lucky in a way, because everything i have done in the sat world has been spot on. As far as i can see it cable has no interest in my what so ever.

<edit Rob deleted - please do not refer to systems which do not obtain correctly subscribed cable services>

As far as i can see it, i'd be wasting my time with cable apart from one thing which may interest me. the world is alot wider in satellite, in cable it look's very limited.

Do any people on here run both satellite/cable? if so why?

Which do you prefer?

Have you ever looked into getting a satellite installation?

12-03-2008, 19:39	#1
Sharkadder Inactive Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3	Satellite V Cable Hi, i have to admit i do not currently own a cable system. I live in the UK and i know virgin media are the main cable company now since they took over from NTL and have done some research on it. I know of the boxes you can get for cable that give you more than you bargain for shall we say. looking at it cable only give's you 200+ channels, free to air or subscription, but the discussion i want to talk about is this: Cable = jumpy Cable = 200+ channels Satellite = clear but affected by the wind Satellite = 10,000+ channels with right system Can i ask, do you lot do mainly satellite or cable? even looking at them stats satellite is the way to go, do you agree?. I read that some sky channel's are not available on cable, but if virgin media stopped sky using a channel, all they could do is stop virgin1 and virgin1+1 so sky would be the way to go. On my motorised sat system i can pick up loads of satellites from the uk, and i have loads of channel's, everybody i talk to recons stay with satellite, i have been quite lucky in a way, because everything i have done in the sat world has been spot on. As far as i can see it cable has no interest in my what so ever. <edit Rob deleted - please do not refer to systems which do not obtain correctly subscribed cable services> As far as i can see it, i'd be wasting my time with cable apart from one thing which may interest me. the world is alot wider in satellite, in cable it look's very limited. Do any people on here run both satellite/cable? if so why? Which do you prefer? Have you ever looked into getting a satellite installation?