September 26, 2004
Its nice to know that I have at least one place to shower. This picture is taken from the dining room looking through the great room, into a bath, and beyond that is bedroom #2. Much was accomplished last week while I was away (hmmm...is that a hint??). Plumbing, furnace, two showers, and a weekend full of electrical. Several windows were also installed.
Any hints on satellite tv? Just found out that cable isn't there yet. How they missed that area I'll never know. You can see their broadcast facility from the back windows!! Oh well, let me know which satellite providers are best.
great room/bath
1 comment:
We have Dish right now. Most of my friends have DirecTV. I'd look for the best long-term deal and go that route. The Wall Street Journal had an article a couple of weeks ago comparing cable and satellite providers and plans. Satellite was consistently a couple of bucks cheaper with Dish offering the least expensive package.
The only drawback to satellite is that you will lose coverage during very heavy downpours and really, really, really heavy snowstorms. The snow has to be coming down so hard that you can't see across the street. As for rain, a pretty good downpour will knock out reception until the rain lets up. Fortunately, you don't have to do anything to get the system back up, it's automatic.
Check with your telephone provider, if you're not going to have cable you're going to have to go with DSL if you want broadband.
Finally, whichever option you choose, I'd make sure the equipment you lease/purchase has a DVR (digital video recorder). These allow you to record your shows to a hard drive in the box for later watching. The beauty of these things is that most of them have a "season pass" feature. You could setup a season pass for NYPD Blue and it will record all new episodes without repeats and you only have to set it up once. Pretty slick if you ask me.
Wayne
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