D.S.
Satellite TV(digital) is affected by the weather. We found that clouds, wind, or the occasional too sunny day would cause the reception to be interrupted. I know one family that doesn't have service now because the tree next to their house leafed out and blocked the signal. It is frustrating, but with everything going digital it may end up being a problem for all of us. The service we used was Dish Network in this area and I would not recommend that company or any of the other franchises associated with it. We found them to be deceptive and sneaky about how they do business. We were told one thing and the opposite thing happened. When we canceled the account, they went into our bank account and took more than we owed. They charged us for the equipment that we returned to them, but we didn't get a credit for it for a couple of weeks. We really didn't like their business ethics at all. I don't know who to recommend because we went back to "rabbit ears" after that. If it was a "must have" I would go with cable.