RCA DS2232RD DIRECTV System with Dual LNB
Who cares if it rains- or snows
We've had Direct TV since very near its beginning. I agree with the DTV troubleshooter that Sony has fewer problems but we have both RCA and SONY and though I like the Sony better I can't say I'd recommend against the RCA. I say go to the store or a friends and try them both. DTV is great. In more than five years we've lost the signal twice for more than a second or two. We had cable for years and it failed us FAR more often than DTV's signal does. Just a couple of hints. 1) It isn't necessary to have a professional installer but for free, you are crazy not to. I've seen several self installs that claimed the signal &quot;went out&quot; a lot that were aimed poorly enough to get a signal strength of 30 or so. I can usually get 90 or more. But if you aren't patient and steady don't do it yourself. 2) Put the dish low enough that you can knock snow off if you live where that's a problem. Remember above I mentioned loosing signal twice- snow build-up. Now my dish is at eye level. THEN it was on the roof and not everyone has their house set up to clip in- it was still scary! Go ahead. Get cable. DTV is not perfect but neither is electric, water, trash pick up, etc. As to the &quot;no answer&quot; at DTV that was when the big buy out of another service happened and during restructuring they really did get behind in calls. But, hey. They said they were sorry. They took care of every complaint I had. They did NOT complain when my phone jack went bad and they couldn't get ME for three months (I found it myself). I only wish my computer worked so well- ANY OF THEM!