11-04-2002, 12:53 AM
It sounds like you got a pretty good deal - when i was price-shopping a few months ago, it seemed satellite was the way to go for channels as well as picture quality (for my needs). I think there's a DirecTV package for around $45 that gives me all the local channels, the various HBO's and Cinemax's, as well as 300 other channels - plus Dolby Digital encoding on the movie channels with a reciever upgrade (which I can get for cheap through a friend of mine). I'm more into it for the home theater aspect than I am for the gazillion channels, and I know for a fact satellite looks 1000% better on my TV than digital cable.