Cable TV vs. Satelite TV in Bavaro. Pros and cons please

rubenpriego said:

Wondering which option I should choose, Cable or Satelite, taking into account will be in Bavaro area.
Any help? Which pros and cons for each one?
Could you give me some details about each option? (number of channels, quality of image, price ...)

Thanks again!

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We have Silver Cable in Bavaro...cost per month is US$23 and we have over 40 channels, the clarity is great, and a variety of english, spanish, french and german channels....my experiences with Satelite have not been good over the years, storm comes in and you lose everything.....

I had SKY and found them overpriced and you can't get the US Networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox). I finally cancelled the service and now download all my TV shows online and view them on my Apple TV.

Claro has a plan that costs 3480rd per month, all taxes included. You get Cable with about 100 channels, internet (both wireless and hard line), and a phone. They have ABC, CBS, and NBC. The picture is very good. But a lot of the channels are in Spanish. The internet is 1.5 down a 386 up, but it works faster than that. You can pay less for a slower internet.

You can also pay more for HBO, etc. They have a brochure at the office in Veron.

I like it.

From what I hear :knockedou one can get about 450 channels* off a private server for less than 100$/year...
Needed: a dish 6-ft, an FTA-receiver, internet connection (need not be a fast one), a clear view to the west...
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I have the channel list.

Setup costs for satellite TV are about 15.000 pesos among the dishes, receiver, LNBs, installation, and you pay 2.000 pesos per year for programming, this is for the "private server" system. you can check the channel list at ftazeta (dot) com
and buy the programming from iksprivateserver (dot) com

They also have some Portuguese (Brazilian) channels, plus many Spanish channels (Dish Latino programming) plus all English channels (Dish English programming), plus tons of sport networks, and even 6 XXX channels, all included in the private server programming fee of 2.000 pesos per year.

Silver Cable details please

jrjrth said:

We have Silver Cable in Bavaro...cost per month is US$23 and we have over 40 channels, the clarity is great, and a variety of english, spanish, french and german channels....my experiences with Satelite have not been good over the years, storm comes in and you lose everything.....

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Hi, just read your older post about Silver Cable, do you receive the major networks ABC, CBS, and NBC? You
mentioned German channels also, which ones?

I can't find any channel line up on the web about Silver Cable.

Thanks