My wife and I are contemplating changing our regular cable TV to Direct TV. So does anyone have any experience with Direct TV, my wife is worried about the signal, because she has seen the commercials where “people/actors” say they lose their signal when it clouds over. Well living in the Seattle area where it always seems cloudy and overcast, is our signal going to decrease or go out?

Any opinions or help would be great

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I love direct TV.
My signal is out right now actually, but we're in the middle of a pretty heavy storm. Otherwise it never really goes out.

I recommend it

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I tried to get DirecTV, but I can't get a signal from my apartment building, well, at least from where the landlord would allow a dish to be placed. Once I buy a house I'm making the switch. I can't wait to have the NFL package!

However, it would suck not to have a signal during a storm. That's when I want to watch TV the most. lol

It was pouring here today. If I wasn't working, I'd be laying on the couch watching some bad daytime television or ordering from On Demand.

To be real... I'd only get DirecTV for the NFL package. If DirecTV didn't have that exclusive deal with the NFL and Comcast had a competing package or NFL.com offered an online package like the MLB does, I'd stick with Comcast, but since they don't - once I get my chance, I'm making the switch.

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I strongly recommend DIRECTV. My parents have been using it for 2-3 years now and have had no major complaints...This past year they've even been living in a mountain home and the signal only goes out when a bad storm comes through. I wouldn't be worried about the occasional cloud or overcast weather...our signal really only seems to be affected when a storm rolls through - most of the time rain is no problem unless it is heavy.

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May i ask what DirectTV is, its not something i have heard of in England, our TV is never off, unless a storm renders one of the transmitters or sub-stations in-operative, this DirectTV sounds slightly...rubbish if a storm will knock it out. (Ours only goes of if, like i said above a transmitter dies, or is hit by electricity from a storm, which is not likely). the Above is written for TVs operating from signals which is Transmitter - Air - Receiver - Decoded - TV) there are digital packages which is the same but from orbiting satellites . and there is cable, which is direct from the tranmitting building but through cables, usually offers best picture in England.

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DIRECTV is a satellite TV provider (I guess just here in the states). You can get lots and lots of channels...to have it, you've got to put a satellite dish on the top of your roof...sometimes this means you'll need to take some trees down to get a clear shot of the sky (depending on how wooded your area is). The reason you'd lose signal during a storm is because heavy clouds are overhead...if the clouds are too heavy, your satellite dish won't be able to see the satellite floating around in outerspace.

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Ahh, sounds like Satellite in UK, just i haven head of it going of in excess cloudiness thanks for explaining (Repped!)

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Yep my family has had Direct Tv for about 5 years now. It has worked perfectly. The only time it ever goes out is if theres very heavy rains. It rarely goes out though.

We have DirecTV as well, and it's gone out only when the really big storms roll through. As said by others... it rarely goes out. Really, you shouldn't worry about it going out if you do get it.

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Alright thanks for all the help. Now I just need to conveince the wife. I posted the same on my forum and someone said - "I was told that i could improve reception by applying a silicone spray to the dish (to allow better water runoff)"

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