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<blockquote data-quote="grimwell" data-source="post: 3180461" data-attributes="member: 3694"><p>I live in the sticks. It's Satellite or rabbit ears where I live.</p><p></p><p>I started with DirectTV to get the NFL Sunday Ticket package and loved it. When my contract ended and I moved to a new house I switched to Dish to get a free DVR (TiVo) thinking the channels couldn't be any different. I was wrong -- they are. While the quality is the same, and I love the DVR -- DirectTV offers a better channel package for the same buck. I like the brain channels (History, Discovery, Biography, etc.) and DirectTV gave me more of them.</p><p></p><p>Mind you, both rate higher than any cable experience I've ever had. Even with the rare outage -- it's no different than the rare cable outage. The one time I was dropping constantly, I placed a service call and the tech realigned the dish, it was dropping because it wasn't pointing right. Because I pay the $6/month insurance -- the call was free. I've also had a receiver replaced 'free' on the insurance, so I'm a bit fond of it and suggest it to others.</p><p></p><p>You should be able to get either service for 'free' to start. DirectTV had a 12 month contract in exchange for free when I signed up, Dish Network had an 18 month contract.</p><p></p><p>When my Dish contract is up in June, I'm going back to DirectTV -- I'll buy a TiVo -- the channel packages are better with DirectTV.</p><p></p><p>My only complaint? Due to federal law I can't get rid of the local channels. When I first got the NFL package I got a special where for the entire season I had EVERY channel (trying to hook me in), so I had the major networks local, and East/West... so I could catch shows on NY time or CA time.. that was a great bonus. </p><p></p><p>I recommends Dish over cable any day. Even when cable is an option. Since cable gets their signal from a dish, the signal loss risks are the same... ;p</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="grimwell, post: 3180461, member: 3694"] I live in the sticks. It's Satellite or rabbit ears where I live. I started with DirectTV to get the NFL Sunday Ticket package and loved it. When my contract ended and I moved to a new house I switched to Dish to get a free DVR (TiVo) thinking the channels couldn't be any different. I was wrong -- they are. While the quality is the same, and I love the DVR -- DirectTV offers a better channel package for the same buck. I like the brain channels (History, Discovery, Biography, etc.) and DirectTV gave me more of them. Mind you, both rate higher than any cable experience I've ever had. Even with the rare outage -- it's no different than the rare cable outage. The one time I was dropping constantly, I placed a service call and the tech realigned the dish, it was dropping because it wasn't pointing right. Because I pay the $6/month insurance -- the call was free. I've also had a receiver replaced 'free' on the insurance, so I'm a bit fond of it and suggest it to others. You should be able to get either service for 'free' to start. DirectTV had a 12 month contract in exchange for free when I signed up, Dish Network had an 18 month contract. When my Dish contract is up in June, I'm going back to DirectTV -- I'll buy a TiVo -- the channel packages are better with DirectTV. My only complaint? Due to federal law I can't get rid of the local channels. When I first got the NFL package I got a special where for the entire season I had EVERY channel (trying to hook me in), so I had the major networks local, and East/West... so I could catch shows on NY time or CA time.. that was a great bonus. I recommends Dish over cable any day. Even when cable is an option. Since cable gets their signal from a dish, the signal loss risks are the same... ;p [/QUOTE]
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