[AT] A wasteland on TV

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Cecil,
We have Dish Network and enjoy it pretty much. I mostly watch the History Channel,
but we do get RFDTV, which does "sometimes" show antique tractor shows and the like.
If I could, I would pare a bunch of useless stuff off, like all the music only
channels, Spanish language programming, the shopping channels (about 6) and some
other stuff. Unfortunately, we have gone through three providers, beginning with
Primestar which was the best, converting to Direct TV when they bought up Primestar
and finally switching to Dish Network so I could get RFDTYV and a slightly lower
price. The service has been good for all three, but since Primestar went away,
content simply stinks, especially in the daytime hours. Good luck finding anything
better.

Phil

> 	I've had quite a bit of time to spend inside the past 6 weeks
> due to medical problems and have had a chance to take a look at daytime
> TV to some extent. I have to admit I never realized what a total waste
> it is and how shallow the programming has become. I can't believe that
> with 80 channels available on our TV sets, how many are pure unadulterated
> trash. I'm ashamed to admit we are paying $40 a month for this garbage
> but don't know if there is anything that can be done about it. AOL Time
> Warner is our provider and it didn't take long to figure out that they
> are plugging in literally hundreds of cheap ads daily and flooding the
> dial with them. As I was wondering about this the other day, I also
> wondered if anyone on our List has written to the FCC to see if anything
> can be done to limit ads and to try to get better programming? Sometimes
> it doesn't take much to get something going. Movies are just repeated
> over and over and over. I mean how many times can a person watch The
> Quiet Man, or Last Train to Yuma, or Gunfight at the OK Corral and not
> know every word that will be spoken?
>
> 	I understand that satellite TV is not much better but does not
> have all the ads. One of my friends says he gets several farm channels
> and one of them even runs programs on antique tractor shows in the Midwest.
> Do any of you get these on your TV sets and what do you think of using a
> satellite as opposed to Cable TV?  I have to do something here to be able
> to keep my sanity. I have Time Warner RoadRunner service on the computer
> and can keep that whether I have Cable TV or not so I'm not worried about
> losing this fast hookup.
>
> Ceil
> --
> The nicest thing about telling the truth is you never have to wonder
> what you said.
>
> Cecil E Monson
> Lucille Hand-Monson
> Mountainville, New York   Just a little east of the North Pole
>
> Allis Chalmers tractors and equipment
>
> Free advice
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