Even if active services are useful.... lets assume for a second ... still we need to pay hell more for many of them ... either go for more costlier packages or pay for active whatever pack ... in the world of DTH ... where to see all required / necessary channels, total amount goes double or more than double of local cable, who the hell has more money to pay just to activate active services or opt for costly packages to see them??
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One point i forgot!
When u have cable, u get to see latest movies or interesting movies which are quiet recent (i m not much fan of latest movies but for ppl in general most of them like them). you have atleast 2 or 3 local channels dedicated to them. But in DTH, who the hell would order movies from showcase?? costing too much expensive.