DirecTV vs. cable

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by mlmdub130

So I tried to get home to watch the World Cup game yesterday. Got home about 35 minutes through the first half and about 5 goals from Germany. Kinda salty I missed it all, but figured if just watch the replay at 8pm. Well a little storm passed through right at 8pm last night and I lost service for the first 30 minutes of the game. Sometimes I realllllly hate directv. And as a customer for close to a decade now, it seems like it loses pictures way easier than it used to.

I'm curious, do you just have your DirecTV channels set to show the HD channels only? What I have done in the past is that when I know a rain storm is coming (and often my satellite will go out with a heavy downpour) I'll switch to the SD version of the channel. Those SD versions don't go out like the HD versions do. Better to switch to the lower quality than to miss a game or a show altogether.