Dish or DirecTV?

blackredyellow
blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
edited September 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Any opinions either way?

We are moving and thinking about dropping digital cable because of the price.
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    i've had directv for 10 years....never had a problem....love it! :D


    cable sucks! :p
  • Yellow Ledbelly
    Yellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    Directv for around 10 years as well....I hear lots of complaints about dish
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  • NewmanUSPS
    NewmanUSPS Posts: 243
    Direct TV is awesome...tons of HD as well. HD Music station with concerts.
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  • Drop The Leash 10
    Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    dont get verizon fios whatever you do, piece of shit that is.
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  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    dont get verizon fios whatever you do, piece of shit that is.

    internet or TV? I've heard good things about the fios internet
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  • Stone Is God
    Stone Is God Posts: 1,331
    blackredyellow wrote:
    internet or TV? I've heard good things about the fios internet

    The internet rocks the house.

    My vote is for Direct TV. NFL Sunday Ticket. No other reason needed.
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  • failedpersephone
    failedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    I have that AT&T it's pretty nice.

    but I thought it was HD and turns out it wasn't...totally couldn't tell the difference when they turned on the HD. and yeah I have an HD whatever TV...
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    failedpersephone wrote:
    I have that AT&T it's pretty nice.

    but I thought it was HD and turns out it wasn't...totally couldn't tell the difference when they turned on the HD. and yeah I have an HD whatever TV...


    whoa whoa slow down with all that technical talk :p:D:D
  • Snake
    Snake Posts: 2,605
    I have used both. Directv is the best! Dish sucks! The guide is just depressing to use.


    Directv all the way ! :cool:
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    blackredyellow wrote:
    Any opinions either way?

    We are moving and thinking about dropping digital cable because of the price.

    do you or are you planning to have hd? my buddy has the directv hd dvr and it sucks....directv dumped tivo when they bought directv but just announced that they signed a new agreememnt with tivo for them to supply hd tivos sometime next year
  • DesignVHL
    DesignVHL Posts: 297
    Go w/ direct tv for sure. My fiance is a high end home theater installer...all his clients get it...and we do too. :) LOVE it! We are bummed we decided for the first time not to splurge on the Sunday Ticket tho...having withdrawal already.
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  • DesignVHL
    DesignVHL Posts: 297
    cutback wrote:
    do you or are you planning to have hd? my buddy has the directv hd dvr and it sucks....directv dumped tivo when they bought directv but just announced that they signed a new agreememnt with tivo for them to supply hd tivos sometime next year

    Interesting i'll ahve to ask about that. They gave us a free HD DVR to replace our tivo (which we still have it just isn't activated)...so if they bring it back that's cool..tho i love the new HD DVR's and we have a killer 42" plasma and it looks fantastic...so I'm not sure what your talkin' about here....maybe your buddy doesn't have something setup right? A simple setup change can make a huge difference. Just a thought cuz ours looks awesome - and trust me, being that the fiance is a huge home theater guy, he would be bothered by bad hd quality and could easily recognize it.
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  • ledvedderman
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    The only thing that pisses me off about DirecTV is that it seems the smallest bit of rain knocks out the signal.
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  • norm
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    DesignVHL wrote:
    Interesting i'll ahve to ask about that. They gave us a free HD DVR to replace our tivo (which we still have it just isn't activated)...so if they bring it back that's cool..tho i love the new HD DVR's and we have a killer 42" plasma and it looks fantastic...so I'm not sure what your talkin' about here....maybe you don't have something setup right? Just a thought cuz ours loooks awesome!


    it's the interface and box itself...it's crap compared to tivo....everything has been professionally installed so it isn't that
  • chromiam
    chromiam Posts: 4,114
    blackredyellow wrote:
    Any opinions either way?

    We are moving and thinking about dropping digital cable because of the price.

    Neither is an option if you want to watch sports in Philly....
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  • Phantom Pain
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    ledvedderman wrote:
    The only thing that pisses me off about DirecTV is that it seems the smallest bit of rain knocks out the signal.

    That's not rain....tiny squirrel pissing on your dish
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  • DesignVHL
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    cutback wrote:
    it's the interface and box itself...it's crap compared to tivo....everything has been professionally installed so it isn't that

    definitely has to be a matter of taste, because we love the new HD DVR interface. I actually didn't like the tivo one - we were more than happy to switch. To each is own i guess! :)
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  • Phantom Pain
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    chromiam wrote:
    Neither is an option if you want to watch sports in Philly....

    Thats what blows

    Fuckin Comcast
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  • DesignVHL
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    dtv can be sensitive for sure...and yeah it can suck when it rains...but it depends on how well it was installed. Ours rarely goes out...but we also have two tuners on each receiver and that helps A LOT.
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  • chromiam
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    Phantom Pain wrote:
    Thats what blows

    Fuckin Comcast

    No complaints here...
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