I am running wire for my satellite dish for my basement. There are two types of RG6 at Lowe's. RG6 and Digital RG6. What does the satellite and cable companies use. I can buy 250' of digital and 500' of the regular both for $70 I don't know what's best.

I checked and cannot find a "Digital" RG 6 Cable , even checked with Belden, the largest most popular cable manufacturer, with no luck.

I check Lowe's to see what they have, and I do not see Digital cable there, course I needed to log in to my local Lowe's.

My guess is the "Digital" cable has additional sheilding to increase it's performance. There is no much else to do with RG cable.

The standard RG6U cable has been around for several years, and miles of it is installed by electricians and cable companies everywhere.

If you need to try to save some money, stick with the standard. If you can afford the more expensive cable, go ahead, it should offer a bit better performance.

I even checked with Direct TV, themselves installation instructions, and all they recommend is the RG6.

TKRUSSELL is correct as to the shielding. Digital cable is advertised as needed for optimal reception, but under normal residential uses its not needed. This cable is correctly known as "quad shield". It has two layers of shielding (braid/foil/braid/foil) as opposed to one layer of braid and foil on regular cable (dual shield). Quad shield does have its place and is used in areas with high levels of radio frequency interfernce (RFI) and/or electromagnetic interterence (EMI). If you use the quad shield you must also use compatible quad shield F-type connectors.

Coaxial cable isn't digital or analog. It's just a copper site inside shielding and a waterproof jacket. You are being misinformed. It's just marketing crapola. You can buy a 500 ft spoot of RG-6 quadshield for about $50 from any distributor. I use Milestek. Do yourself a favor and buy a decent coax stripper and crimper and cut them to length yourself. You'll figure it out after a few tries.