Can I have both Dish and Cable

[pdxtrader]

Hi

I currently have cable tv for my regular progamming and would like to keep it that way. But I would like to add Dish Network for international channels. Is that possible? How would the hookup look like?

Thanks

[batrad]

yes you can.. you may be charged an extra $5/mo for programming from Dish if you don't subscribe to one of the "standard" packages

You can combine the signals on the same cable using a diplexer ..

Need one diplexer on each end..so if you want to connect 3 TV's, you will need 6 of these units

My installer installed these for free, as I kept my cable and it saved him time and cable run to all my TV's

[Nick]

...if you just have analog cable, run your cable feed to the RF input on your tv, and the sat box to an available a/v input.

On your remote control, use the "tv/video" button to switch between sources.

[the_bear]

Having both cable and Dish is very popular around here. For an extra $500 a year, you never have to get a broom out to sweep the snow off your dish.

[DucTape]

I have never had to sweep snow off my dish but have had to watch snow on my screen when the cable went out.

[matty8199]

Having both cable and Dish is very popular around here. For an extra $500 a year, you never have to get a broom out to sweep the snow off your dish.

$500 a year?!?!?!? Basic cable here is $11 a month ($132 per year). What cable company do you have that is charging you ~ $40 per month for basic cable?

[alebowgm]

For $40 a month, it must be all of his analog programming tiers...

[the_bear]

$500 a year?!?!?!? Basic cable here is $11 a month ($132 per year). What cable company do you have that is charging you ~ $40 per month for basic cable?You cannot eliminate all manual dish snow removal with basic cable. You need to duplicate your entire channel lineup.