I'm gettin rid of Comcast Cable and goin with a sattelite system, now I just need to figure out which one. Don't know anything about either of em except that they are both cheaper then what I'm gettin with a better channel line up. So tell me the good and bads.

 

I've had Dish and have Direct Tv. Personally, I like Dish better, but that is because I had it long enough I knew the channel lineup, the remote was basically part of my hand.

I'm still learning Directv and they are cheaper (for me) anyway.

I'd compare both packages side by side and see what each provides you in the channel lineup.

I have Dish for 9+ years. Only had Direct for 6 months. I got Direct Tv through my telephone provider via a triple play pack.

Either can be cheaper than the other depending on the promo package you look at.

Compare the channel line up. That will probably decide it for you.

 

i liked the remote and menus on direct tv better and we had more channels

 

Dish - you can "tweak" your service

 

I have dish and i like it

How do you "tweak" your service?

 

It depends on if you are going to go HD. Direct has a ton of HD channels already. Dish has far less.

Dish Network HD receivers are better but you have to run 2 coax cables in each room if you are going to run a Dual Tuner (2 rooms on the same tuner). There is a downfall to having dual tuners because you can only watch 1 program in each room and record only 1 additional at the same time. If you pause live TV with you can skip forward much easier on these receivers. In order to get Pay per view you have to have a phone line installed into the TV otherwise you cannot purchase movies. Same goes for Movies on Demand.

Direct TV charges $5.99 per HD receiver even if you buy them yourself at Best Buy or somewhere else. They do not have dual tuners so every room can watch its own program and you can record another one at the same time. They have better programming packages for Pay per view, you also do not have to have a telephone cable hooked up for them, unless you want caller id to show up on your TV. You can only get the NFL ticket on Direct TV.

I have Direct and have for about 2 years, I am not overly impressed with them. I had decided to switch back to Dish but the reasons I stated above made me stay with Direct. The service is sketchy at best, their support is in the US so that helps alot.

On Edit:

I remember this thread now. https://www.dieselbombers.com/off-to...direct-tv.html when I mentioned that Dish was coming out to install all new, well they showed up and would not run the wiring to my man cave meaning I would not have HDDVR in there so I decided to stay with Direct.

 

I've had Direct for about 5 years, other then when a storm comes I have not had any problems with Direct. I actually just switched to At&t Uverse, waiting for them to come and hook it up. I can get every channel they have and all the movie channels cheaper then I can with Direct. And what I like the best no contract. It all comes through the fiber optic phone line.

 

Directv w/ DVR..... Especially w/ HD. Been a Directv customer since '98. Some buddies have Comcast and Dish. Like the menu's and navigation in Directv and channel setups.

 

Direc TV. A lot cheaper than cable and great service until storm hits or blizzard. other than that great satelite provider

 

Directv is the best to me we have had both...and I love direct the best! and the HD channels are AWESOME