DISH vs Direct TV

Antenna

Pros - Both work for the most part.

Cons -

DirecTV is AT&T and AT&T is dogshit at everything they do. The products are good once you have them, but fixing even slight problems will usually be a nightmare

DISH will use you as leverage for its petty grievances with content providers under the guise of saving you money.

Dish to Customer - "Write Disney and tell them not to jack prices so you can get your Disney content back!!!"

Customer to Dish - "I'm not a lobbyist, what in the frick am I paying you for"

Dish is down HBO and MAX now including one BR network, I forgot which. This is relatively common and I honestly don't think they are going to get HBO/Max back... ever.

I have always preferred the Dish hardware.


Obviously, you aren't interested in hearing it but if you have solid high-speed internet you are throwing away a chunk of money per month with the satellite companies. I know I have been there and done both.

Dish has better equipment and sadly much better customer service then ATT.

I have DirecTV ... I hate it. Customer service is awful, goes out every time it rains, takes forever to change channels or load DVR. I have no experience with dish, but I will be out of contract with direct in October and ill never go back with them

I had Comcast for 15+ years and last year moved and had to make the same decision. I went with DirecTV as my parents have had it for years and are happy with it. The only negative I've found is that you can lose signal in a heavy storm but that would be same for Dish.

I don't care for their set top box/dvr UI. With Comcast I had Tivos which were much better.

Also another plus for DirecTV for me is that they will be carrying the new ACC Network.

One tip I learned is don't use wireless for the recievers if you don't have to. Use the coax if you got it.

I assumed something was off, because I had DirecTV before about 10 years ago, and never really lost signal. So I paid to have a technician come out about a year ago. He said my line of sight, and alignment were perfect. He said it just goes out sometimes in heavy storms. I tried explaining to him that i lose signal in just rain showers...

There is a reason that DirecTV is losing subscribers in record number, and it's a combination of cost, and the fact that their customer service and technical support is the worst in the business.

And for that matter, satellite service as a whole is losing subscribers at a much faster pace than traditional cable companies. The fact is, satellite TV is terrible when compared with cable, or streaming. The hardware they use is just slow and antiquated.

I think you are really limiting yourself if you won't even consider a streaming service. Think to yourself how many times your WiFi has gone out due to weather vs DirecTV...

Um, I guess we can all make outlandish claims, with no support, but in no way shape or form is DirecTV genie system better than x1 from Xfinity. Now I have no first hand experience with the hopper from dish, but the fact that I would have to get separate internet service for dish make it a non starter for me.

Comcast is better than direct in every possible way except for the ability to watch video in 4k, which doesn't matter anyway since very few programs are recorded in 4k and most people still don't have 4k tvs.

But channel change speed, on demand loading, and on device apps are significantly better on Xfinity.

As far as DVR on streaming, it is significantly better on streaming apps such as youtubetv or psvue that offer unlimited cloud storage. I mean, it's not even close to what DirecTV offers for DVR.

Yea, they do win out there compared to Comcast, but I'm watching my dad's Hulu live at our lake house as we speak, so streaming services have the advantage in that case as you don't need to install a second dish