Dish or DTV is much better than analog cable and should be on par with digital cable. Especially if you use the S-video cable to connect to the TV - there's a noticible difference in picture quality.

I've had Dish for close to 10 years now and I've always been satisfied with the quality. Basic service is pretty cheap too, something like $34. There's a lot of factors effecting local cable, especially the engineer is who sets up all the downlinks and associated equipment. I've seen local cable feeds with huge variances in picture and sound quality between channels. This is less of an issue now though, as things go digital.

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-Evan


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