3) Dump your cable, go with Satellite. We actually had both cable and satellite feeds coming in, so we could compare them. There is no comparison, especially when it comes to HDTV. Satellite rules with a brighter, far crisper picture.

Absolutely FALSE! Satellite bandwidth is weaker than both cable, or fiber optic. When used with an HD signal, cable and fiber are clearly better pictures. I have experience with fios, timewarner, dish, directv, and can tell you that the best HD pictures will be from fios or cable. Sat HDTV must compress the video quality to allow it to be sent from the SAT in orbit to your home, the cable and fios bandwidth is much higher. This allows for uncompressed, or minimally compressed HD.

This being said, HD signals from satellite have motion blur, trailing effects, and visible compression artifacts. Still images in HD can look just as good though, the problem happens when the video is constantly changing. NOW – regular TV is superior on Sat systems, they are all digital, and the bandwidth is high enough to accommodate the lower es programming. Regular cable in low def may still be analog.

most people may not notice the difference, but Direct TV has BY FAR the MOST HD channels of any TV provider I’ve ever seen.