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Any opinion on which is better?Thanks
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There are devotees of each (check out www.avsforum.com, www.dbsforums.com, and www.dbstalk.com and you'll find bigots of each service).DIRECTV has far superior sports packages. This is important to some, but not to others.
DISH has more foreign language offerings.
With DISH, you can only use their proprietary receivers. They are just now releasing a PVR (i.e. something like TIVO) with a dual tuner, so you can watch one channel while recording another. Next year they should have an HD version of this.
With DIRECTV, you have the option of several manufacturer's receiver. Shop carefully.
There are differences in which HD channels are available. Both have HBO-HD, SHOWTIME-HD. Beyond that, DIRECTV has HDNET, which show a lot of sports, but other programming also (Bikini Destinations was a popular broadcast). DISH has DISCOVERY-HD, which is programming similar to regular DISCOVERY, but in HD (actually, this is some of the best HD material I've seen).I have DISH, but have tried to give you some objective info. Good Luck!
I've had DISH for 13 months; zero problems. The GUI is actually
quite responsive UNLESS it has to download the latest schedule
which it appears to do about twice per day. If you happen to
be watching a show and also scanning the schedule and a download
is required - yep, it's painfully slow - about 3 minutes THOUGH
it seems alot longer (painful for those of us who are impatient!).My pick for DISH was that DIRECTV was adding channels WITHOUT
adding bandwidth; ie., adding more channels to a particular bird
and thereby forcing even more compression of existing channels.I can't require seeing any compression artifacts on DISH, though
see them on friends' DIRECTV channels - especially those
displaying rapid motion which translate to additional bandwidth.Ah yes, there was ONE problem with my DISH 500 receivers:
IF you ever disconnect the feed from the UNB('s), then you'll
start getting signal dropouts after some long period of time (numerous
days) later and it gets progressively worst as time progresses.Calling the 800 numbers yielded no 'real' help as the problem
continued. When I was ready to pull the plug on DISH and
called Customer Service, I talked with a lady who, in my
opinion, should have been manning the technical hotline -
she was infinitely more knowledgable about troubleshooting
and resolved this problem. Solution is that one MUST
unplug the connection from the UNB; run the DISH 500 install
vs. the 'regular' install. This essentially clears the
various and sundry tables, etc. Then reconnect and
do it again - about 5 minutes total time (if that).
Worked like a champ! The less-knowledgable 'technies'
on the hotline failed to pass along the ALL important
need to install via the DISH 500 diagnostic versus
the 'regular' install.I thoroughly satisfied with DISH. Great channels; decent
price, though I wouldn't mind paying less; local channels (in Indy);
reliable receivers and remotes.I would like to see other manufacturers of DISH equipment
though. I agree with one of the other postings about
Sony making the best DIRECTV receiver - from what I've seen.Cheers,
ldm
Since they are underging a merger, it probably won't matter a year from now whivh one you choose today.
mergers result in homogenious cultures that quickly, do you? 2 to 3 years you may be right, given that they are young technology driven companies.However, AOL and Time Warner havn't merged cultures yet (and may never do so!)
Dish Network's GUI interface seems to be real slow compared to Direct TV, from my limited observation of them.
DishNetwork is in the process of purchasing DirectTV (or has already purchsed them). So, it soon won't really matter who you have, the money all goes to the same place.I chose DishNetwork because in my area, I can get the local TV stations through the system for a nominal charge of $5.00 / month for all local channels. DirectTV did not offer local channels meaning I would need an off-air antenna, and where I am located the reception with an antenna is really bad. So, the DishNetwork system gave me an upgrade in local channel reception.
As far a receivers, I have the DishNetwork HD receiver. Works fine, picture is great. I'd go for the best package for the best price with either supplier. I have had zero service issues with DishNetwork.
could not tell you about Dish Network, but i have had DirecTV for about 3-4 years and only once had a service problem... the system has been very reliable. I can tell you that not all directTV receivers are alike... don't bother with any other than a Sony... I have had RCA, and Mitsubishi and my mom got a JVC and they are inferior in picture quality to the Sony.Sam
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