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Originally posted by Incinerator@Sep 12 2005, 04:25 PM
Thanks everyone, the reason why I don't want to go HD is that Shaw only has 7 channels in HD and no hockey on HD, which is the only reason I got a big TV. I live in a condo and I can't have a dish so I'm stuck with Shaw.
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I wouldnt rag on Satellite just yet.
I was in the same predicament a while ago. If you do a google search online you will find a bunch of Sat options. I assume you living in a condo means no attaching a dish to the wall, normally the leases say nothing else, so it could be put on a tripod etc.
Dont give up so soon, BEV is the best option available if you can do it. Cheaper up front hardware costs, more HD channels etc.
Read you lease carefully, what does it say specifially about dishes - or are you assuming it. When I rented a codno in Ed whil going to the A there was a clause in the lease that says no attaching anything to the balcony, wall etc. Everyone took that to mean no sat dishes, then my roomate and I looked throught the lease and asked the building manager about sat dishes and he said they werent allowed to be conntect to the building.
Nothing about attaching it to a tripod etc. Long story short a shorty hop to a Home Depot and used tire lot and 3 hours later we had a BEV home made tripod that wouldnt blow away. Now yes it caused us some shinguards with the residence association but we didnt violate the lease. It was really funny, this fat chick got so passed at us durring one residence meeting that i swear i thought icing sugar was going to start pouring out. To be honest I was shatting myself cause I didnt want to have to find a new place for beginning of December of the 3rd year screwing up my whole semster. My buddy (with the help of some AV people at the UofA blew up the lease and put it on a CD. We used that with a projection and asked one simple question. Where have we violated the lease?
They can say all they want about violating the "spirit" of the lease but that doesnt hold water in court.
MYK