
bigbassdave
Full Audioholic
Let me start by saying that currently I am a AT&T Uverse subscriber and I am not at all pleased. Sure I have more HD channels than I did with cable but WOW are my shows compressed. Seriously, some of the stuff I watch in HD looks like I'm watching it on youtube. Plus I can't watch my beloved Padres who are doing great this year. To make matters worse my audio cuts in and out so badly when using my dvr its almost unbearable. Sadly, I do not live in an area that supports Verizon Fios so I figured my next best option would be DirecTv or Dish. So I set something up and the DirecTv installers came out. Well much to my dismay they informed me that a rather large tree branch was blocking my line of sight. I should add that I live in a condo, and while I own the place I figured the HOA would frown on my chopping off tree branches. Well I canceled the order and tried to live with UVERSE for another 4 months or so. Last week I decided enough was enough. I went to Home Depot and bought a long pruning saw. At night I did the unthinkable and cut the poor defensless branch from the unsuspecting tree. Days later DirecTv was out again. This time the installer informed me that since legally they can not use the pre existing wires outside because they are owned by the cable company and that he would have to run white coax from one end of my condo to the other! Well, being married to a very understanding young lady who allows me to have rather large speakers already this simply was not going to work. She would never go for a large cable running across the ceiling or baseboard not to mention I kind of pride myself on the sleek look of my theaters. So now I'm stuck. Do I stick with this horrible service that At&t has to offer or do I go back to cable licking my wounds and over pay for a service that is in my mind barely acceptable. Anyway I got to vent and would love to hear your thoughts.