directv or dish network?

[psyklone]

we recently made a new addition to the family ... a 56" widescreen hdtv. it's got an awesome picture and it's freakin' huge. i believe my wife's first words when she walked into the living room and saw it were,"sweet mother of crap!"

but anyway, so i've decided that cable just isn't going to cut it anymore. i want to get either directv or the dish network and i'd like some input on experiences with them. i've never had satellite before so i'd like to hear about any technical difficulties, how's the customer service, etc.

right now i'm leaning towards directv because they have hdnet, a channel that's completely broadcast in high definition but i'm still undecided. help!

[Sweeper]

I have Directv and my brother has Dish Network. We both agree that Directv is much nicer. I have a Philips 55" HDTV and I love the picture.

I thought the better of the two was whether you wanted tons of movies or tons of sports?
I had Directv btw and I really liked the quality of signal.. But sheesh! All the sports and junk like that!
Someone then told me they have more movies on Dish Network..

[cracked]

i have dish network and it sucks

drew

[jkrohn]

Originally posted by cracked
i have dish network and it sucks

drew

Lol, short and to the point there man!

Jkrohn

[psyklone]

cracked ... what is it specifically that makes it suck?

[Brainchild]

I have Dish also, not any different from cable IMO, just twice as much of nothing to watch
Both have starz,hbo,showtime,cimemax, so ya get the same movies,the pakages between the two differ some.Mom has Direct TV, I can't tell a difference quality wise. We have the same size tv, also. 6 of1 1-2 dozen the other i think

[desmocat]

Well, since I am just down the road from you south of Fort worth,
One thing that I noticed is that DirecTV is great for forecasting when it's about to come a freakin' flood...(especailly in the spring when the big boomers come into town.
The picture will start pixelating and the sound goes all garbled, then goes completely out.. then about 5 minutes later
KA-SPLASH!! here come 'de rain in buckets! It seems the rain while it's in the clouds on the way down will block the signal about 2 to 5 minutes before it hits the ground!

I have had a good experience with direcTV ,they will do a "free weekend" every so often and let you have some channels that you normally don't get from friday till monday morning, to see which movie channels and such that you might like. We have one package that has HBO, and sometimes we get the free Showtime or Starz weekends to check out.
I think our package is the total choice silver or something, and it's about 55~60 bucks a month.

Too bad you didn't have your HDTV when channel 8 fired up their digital transmitter a couple years back and shut down a whole side of the ICU unit in one of the hospitals that faced the antenna
It seems that the digital signal messed with the telemetry of the patient monitors and it looked liked all the people on the side that was facing channel 8's antenna all flatlined at the same time.

[cracked]

well, i guess by itself, dish is ok except other than hbo, cinemax, etc., there is nothing to watch, but compared to directv which my friend has, it aint so hot. directv is just a lot nicer in my opinion. also, where i live, local channels are not available w/ dish and are available w/ directv.

drew

[pickel]

WE had Direct TV till they tried to rip us off on the boxes ( long story) and we now have DISH Network. Basically the same set up.
Search seems alot simpler and picture quality is good. Lots of good "off channels" , plenty of variety. I mostly listen to Tech TV while I'm surfing and if something interesting comes on , I'll check it out. The best part is...my wife pays the bill...LOL