x2 for what the wife said here Bubba.. We love our DirecTV.. we have had both, and like Directv much more.. But its like Chad said.. They are virtually the same, go look at each menu setup in an electronics store, and check each channel lineup. If you aint worried about HD, they are about the same, just have different feel to them.


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I've had DirecTV for about 18 months, and the clarity is AMAZING in HD, but the service is fair, at best (on the phone). If you get the right installer (most often, you don't) you will be paying for it in the end.

RANT: We had ours installed for HD and the installer did not put in the correct "barrel rolls" for HD service. We couldn't figure out why our HD was pretty poor on certain channels (pixelating) 6 months later, a different installer came out and told us that the HD receiver we got was not set up properly, so we were only getting 5 of the 30 channels we were supposed to get. 18 months into the 24 month contract, we still do not have HD service on the local channels (DirecTV blames the local channels, the local channels blame DirecTV) I call them about once a month each because we just want to watch football in HD. It has been nearly 2 seasons now, and I was promised it last year, which is why I bought the service in the first place.

To discuss someone else's post above, we were just "given" new HD receivers for all of our rooms last week when they came out and discovered that the reason we weren't getting proper HD signal was that our HD receiver was recalled 4 YEARS AGO. We are not being charged any longer for HD service, and we have it in 4 rooms, needless to say.

I'm not sure if this helps anybody's decisions. All I know is that unless you are dedicated to watching TV, all this crap is a waste of money. Get yourself an outdoor antenna for free and watch "How I met Your Mother" and "Two and a half Men".

Just my $0.02
Lindell

 

skyview , fta

i say no more

 

Thanks for all the advice here. Were not lookin for much more then just basic packages for us. I don't watch any sports anymore and the HD picture is nice but were just not that die hard that it matters. Biggest thing were lookin for is the RFD-TV. When there's nothin else on to watch I can always turn it on for somethin to stare at. Right now with cable we get over 100 channels and 80 percent of the time I can't even find anything worthy of even just starring at. How many hours has this TV just sat on the CNN or weather channel repeating the same stuff over and over.

 

I like direct better than dish. More channels for less. The HD issue comes down to if your local channels are in HD then you can get them in HD if they are not in HD you have to get permission from them to get a different feed of the network that is in HD. Most local stations will not agree to this. Local here in redding they will not allow you to get a different feed.

 

Ive had both and prefer Directv...... And the do have RFD-TV

 

HI UNCLE BUBBA, I like dish better, WHY ??? cause in their basic package, you get FOX NEWS !!! direc tv basic package, you get cnn crappy bias news.