Hello everyone.
This query should be in the proper location but if not please let
me know of a more suitable conference.
Hopefully someone has faced a similar situation in the past and
can assist in finding a solution.
We do not watch a whole lot of television but when using the PC's
all tv's in the house have some degree of interference. The
landlord upgraded the electrical a few months ago and it helped
but not enough. Still a lot of white lines on many channels.
I have tried indoor antennas (tv top, rabbit, plug-in) and a roof
antenna in the attic (landlord hasn't put it on the roof yet).
Mostly the results have been hours of futzing to get a clear
station nobody watches. 
While on my vacation I figured I'd get cable installed to
hopefully solve this once and for all so I can get some work done
when I want and not when everyone's asleep or out of the house.
Didn't realize it would be $35-70 a month and I'd _have_ to use
the cable box' remote even though every tv and vcr is 'cable
ready'. The service is to be installed later this week and we
will scale back the channels to make it more affordable but we
wondered if there's a more economical solution.
I just started looking at the satellite dish alternative but it
seems DSS is the way to go if I want to own the hardware. PrimeStar
looks like a good cross between cable and satellite where I pay
monthly and rent the hardware.
The $40 or so monthly is similar to cable's basic to mid packages
but how does the service/programming compare? Is satellite more of
a hassle in the beginning but more feature/program rich in the
end? Can I use the remotes that come with the components I have
now for basic channel surfing? What are the approximate costs to
set up 3 tv's where each can view different channels at the same
time? What possible difficulties arise when you live near an
airport (Laguardia in NYC)? Where can I find information that can
get me started in semi-laymen's terms without a sales pitch?
Thanks in advance for any information offered.
                                                Joe
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