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DirecTV or Dish?
Posted on 5/4/17 at 10:19 am
Posted on 5/4/17 at 10:19 am
Thinking of going with satellite for new house, and I can't decide. Dish seems a lot cheaper than either DirecTV or Cable, but I can't seem to find where they say what they charge after the two year price lock.
Posted on 5/4/17 at 10:43 am to BulldogXero
I've had both
Directv is far better IMO
i pay $130 a month for the 2nd highest tier package...don't remember what it's called.
I call them every 6 months or so and see if they have promotions....usually get $10-$30 off my bill for 3-6 months.
hope this helps
Directv is far better IMO
i pay $130 a month for the 2nd highest tier package...don't remember what it's called.
I call them every 6 months or so and see if they have promotions....usually get $10-$30 off my bill for 3-6 months.
hope this helps
Posted on 5/4/17 at 11:18 am to BulldogXero
Dish is way better than Direct. Dish technology easily puts them over the top.
I've had both.
I've had both.
Posted on 5/4/17 at 11:55 am to BulldogXero
I have had both. Im with Directv. I have had better luck with getting discounts and replacement receivers etc with Directv. Charlie is cheap.
Posted on 5/4/17 at 12:16 pm to fatboydave
Had both. Directtv is better overall experience
Posted on 5/4/17 at 12:28 pm to WHATDOINO
Was a direct tv customer for 15 years and just swapped to dish 3 months ago and hadnt looked back. Dtv kept jumping up my bill, and since at&t bought them out they are not as good at cooperating on bill adjustments. My bill got to $130 and i had enough. That was without any premium channels. Swapped to dish, all same channels i had for $75 and free hbo a year
Posted on 5/4/17 at 12:31 pm to BulldogXero
I have had both, and go with whoever will give you the best deal. I have bundled my att cell phones with directv so for me that's the better deal.
Posted on 5/4/17 at 1:01 pm to BulldogXero
Cut the cord, stream using DirecTVNow, profit.
Posted on 5/4/17 at 2:22 pm to BulldogXero
I had Directv, then got Dish. Learned my lesson and went back to Directv.
Posted on 5/4/17 at 3:23 pm to BulldogXero
I can't speak about the pros or cons of Dish.
But I can tell you I've been happy with all facets of Directv for nearly 20 years.
But I can tell you I've been happy with all facets of Directv for nearly 20 years.
Posted on 5/4/17 at 3:54 pm to BulldogXero
Prices, programming options & PQ are comparable which, is to be expected. That said, if technology is your thing, DISH simply has no peer - years ahead of any other player, cable or satellite.
Posted on 5/4/17 at 11:30 pm to Maniac979
DirecTV vs Dish...
Technology:
DTV uses Ka bands for its HD channels. Dish uses Ku bands. DTV is more susceptible to rain fade. Ka bands beam down at 18 GHz. Ku beams down from 10.75 GHz to 12.7 GHz.
The Hopper 3 crushes the Genie, and it isn't even close. 16 tuners, a voice remote that you can buy for $30 that actually works, the first 72 channels of SiriusXM (on good packages), YouTube and Netflix are integrated as well.
Programming:
It's virtually the same. If you want NFL Sunday Ticket, get DirecTV. Dish is also notorious for getting into carriage disputes, but they do that to keep the prices as low as possible for the customer. DirecTV is owned by at&t, so they just raise your bill.
If Dish raises your price after 2 years, switch to DirecTV for 2 years, and swap back to Dish in 2 years. People do that here in Houston all the time. It's just a carousel among the 4 (sometimes 5 or 6) providers in order to get the cheapest price.
One thing I believe that will happen before too much longer is Dish will have to start offering some type of customer retention price in order to keep subscribers. They haven't been doing that, but they lost over 130K subscribers in Q1 this year. It's a smaller company, so that hit them pretty hard. Charlie Ergen needs to wake up, smell the coffee and stop buying wireless spectrum they're not going to use in the immediate future or there won't be a future.
Technology:
DTV uses Ka bands for its HD channels. Dish uses Ku bands. DTV is more susceptible to rain fade. Ka bands beam down at 18 GHz. Ku beams down from 10.75 GHz to 12.7 GHz.
The Hopper 3 crushes the Genie, and it isn't even close. 16 tuners, a voice remote that you can buy for $30 that actually works, the first 72 channels of SiriusXM (on good packages), YouTube and Netflix are integrated as well.
Programming:
It's virtually the same. If you want NFL Sunday Ticket, get DirecTV. Dish is also notorious for getting into carriage disputes, but they do that to keep the prices as low as possible for the customer. DirecTV is owned by at&t, so they just raise your bill.
If Dish raises your price after 2 years, switch to DirecTV for 2 years, and swap back to Dish in 2 years. People do that here in Houston all the time. It's just a carousel among the 4 (sometimes 5 or 6) providers in order to get the cheapest price.
One thing I believe that will happen before too much longer is Dish will have to start offering some type of customer retention price in order to keep subscribers. They haven't been doing that, but they lost over 130K subscribers in Q1 this year. It's a smaller company, so that hit them pretty hard. Charlie Ergen needs to wake up, smell the coffee and stop buying wireless spectrum they're not going to use in the immediate future or there won't be a future.
Posted on 5/5/17 at 3:29 pm to BulldogXero
People been sleeping on dish but they have upgraded their hardware.
Posted on 5/5/17 at 3:47 pm to fatboydave
quote:
Im with Directv. I have had better luck with getting discounts and replacement receivers etc with Directv. Charlie is cheap.
x1000
DISH is on the selling block and tanking bad
DIRECTV's new box comes out next month- 2 4k Tuners and built in wireless.
Posted on 5/5/17 at 3:48 pm to BigD45
quote:
DTV uses Ka bands for its HD channels. Dish uses Ku bands. DTV is more susceptible to rain fade. Ka bands beam down at 18 GHz. Ku beams down from 10.75 GHz to 12.7 GHz.
sources? this is a total BS statement
Posted on 5/5/17 at 4:42 pm to dallastiger55
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sources? this is a total BS statement
I worked in the satellite industry.
Posted on 5/5/17 at 5:32 pm to BigD45
How long ago? DTVs slimline dishes and LNBs use both bands
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