He was meaning he should be able to use that stipulation to force the landlord to give permission.

When I ordered mine they just asked if I had permission, the installer didn't ask to see a letter or anything.

Though I had permissoin and the signed satellite addendum to my lease. I just had to modify my renters insurance to cover it was the only requirement.

I pay 84 for digital cable and internet
Comcast

Basic Cable TV here is around $40.And with that I get MTV Crap and copycat channels.

Digital Cable
DVR Box
Road Runner
HBO & Showtime
HBO & Showtime On Demand

All of this is like $135 after taxes and fees.

After reading the thread, I am going to try the DTV w/Sunday Ticket argument tomorrow! With my luck they will tell me to go screw myself but we will see.

$5.99 for local channels from DISH. Got sick of paying for channels I don't watch. I missed ESPN though :(

We had dish for almost a year, and liked them. Went out 3x, twice when we lost power, and once it was off and on for about an hour during a bad storm.
Cable now, because Dish said they couldn't get a signal without cutting down trees.

103.xx after tax/fees/etc for:
Basic + digital tier.
One box--HD DVR.
DVR service
HBO and Showtime
RoadRunner internet.
I think we get virtually every channel except for Cinemax and the other movie channel tier. Of course, there's still crap-all to watch on most of those channels.
We have a discounted 'special limited time rate', and it would actually cost us more to drop some channels and go a la carte with TWC's offerings.

I used to pay $71 per month (TWC in Manhattan) for digital cable for 2 sets. No additional channels, and they wanted an extra $10 a month for HD channels. I face west but have a 20+ story building just south of me, so a dish is not an option. So I dumped TWC in March and got a small indoor antenna and now get perfect HD reception for the 8 local channels and have saved several hundred dollars already. The only thing I really miss is ESPN and I just use my laptop to get my sports scores now.

I'm not going to start a new thread for this, but thought it was interesting.

I was checking the HDTV FAQs on my local Fox affiliate and saw this:

Has anyone heard of this? And have more details?

I'm guessing it would still require some special settop box to receive these channels, otherwise how would they charge you? If it's not Cable and it's not Satellite, what company is it??

Digital Cable
HD Programming (10 channels)
HD DVR Box
HBO including HBO HD
HBO On Demand
Internet
Phone - unlimited long distance, call notes, call waiting, etc
$155. I am thinking of adding Showtime and Starz (which would include all other movie channels) for the HD content for an additional $15 a month

Here is my question. If I switch to directTv where do i get my internet? Do I have to stick with Comcast internet? If I have do that then it would be to expensive to make it work. I live in portland.

I have extended-basic cable with Cebridge Connections (The absolute worst cable company on the face of the earth). My monthly statement is right around $58.00 per month. The only premium I subscribe to is HBO, which is an extra $10.95.

DirecTV...here I come. :up:

Looks like I'll be going with Direct TV. My fucking cable has been going out EVERY NIGHT for the past 2 months between 10pm - 10am. Im fed up and tired of this shit as they cant fix it.

Quick question, do you still need several boxes for a satellite? I recall that you could get one for the room and all the TVs will be hooked up, but all the TVs have to watch the same station. DOes that mean I have to buy extra boxes and pay extra monthly?

$67 for digital and HD channels with a DVR. Still more than DirectTV would cost me. I'll probably switch over soon.

I've got basically the same setup...

DirectTV Total Choice package (the most common, basic package)
plus Local Channels
plus DirecTIVO
plus a 2nd receiver

$50/month.

By any chance, are your broadcast stations on channele 13 or higher? If so, you can pick up a good, relateively small, UHF antenna for ~ $22 or so, will give you a much, much better signal than rabbit ears. Either mount it on your roof (mine is on my roof), or even if you put it behind the TV, it will still be better. Mine is ~ 2 feet high by 1 foot wide.

Anyway, as for what I spend, I pay ~ $35 / month for one of the DirecTV Para Todos packages. Has more than enough channels in both English and Spanish.

Yes, with direct TV you need the dual LNB satellite and or multi switches (depending on how many TVs) and each TV needs it's own box. $5 a month for each extra TV.

Monthly Charge(s)
10/17 - 11/16 Digital Silver Package 28.95
Includes: Digital Classic, Digital Plus, Showtime, Showtime Plex, Encore Encore Plex, Music Choice, Digital Converter and Remote, If Applicable.
10/17 - 11/16 Service Discount -14.47
10/17 - 11/16 Standard Cable 45.43
Includes: Limited Basic and Expanded Basic Service.
10/17 - 11/16 DVR Service 9.95
10/17 - 11/16 High Definition TV 5.00
10/17 - 11/16 4.0 CHSI With Cable MDM 45.95
Rent Modem.
10/17 - 11/16 Digital Addl Outlet 6.95
Includes: Digital Converter and Remote, If Applicable.
Subtotal 127.76
Taxes & Fee(s)
10/07 Franchise Fee 4.32
10/07 FCC Regulatory Fee .06
Subtotal 4.38

Balance Due $ 132.14

I pay $0 for Comcast Standard Cable.

...But that's because I live in a condo in which the cable is provided. (Of course, I do pay for it indirectly via my Condo Association fees, but I don't know how much of those fees are due to the cable contract instead of all the other condo stuff I have to pay for.)