Satellite Television

[Jester of Death]

I am thinking of switching from my god awful Comcast Digital Cable

to a Satellite Dish. But I can't decide between Dish and DirecTV

Can someone give some feedback

[Guest seattlebandfan9]

I have Dish.

I like it.

I mean, we had to get another, seperate dish for our local channels, but that is probably because we live out in the sticks. But otherwise, I've got no beef with Dish.

[Guest bruins72]

I've had the Dish Network for about 4 years now. The pricing is excellent. I don't think my monthly fee has gone up more than $5 total since I got it. The one bad thing that's happened since I've had it was that whole mess with the Comcast owned channels but that was worked out after a few days. Another thing to keep in mind is that weather can affect your reception at times.

[Godfatha]

I have Directv and it's not that bad. The reception is excellent even through the hardest of snow storms and there's never been a problem really.

[Guest seattlebandfan9]

If DirectTV doesn't go out in bad weather, perhaps you should go with that.

Because as Bruins stated, Dish tends to go out in bad weather.

[Jester of Death]

I live in Arizona, the worst weather we will get are the August Monsoons.

Plus the NFL Network and NFL Sunday ticket only on DirecTV is enticing as well

[Godfatha]

If DirecTV can withstand (for the most part) thick snow it can withstand rain.

[Fitzy]

Comcast Digital Cable > Satallite TV.

Satallite TV sucks ass. Does DirecTV or Dish Network have the greatness that is On Demand? I don't think so. :thumbsup:

[Guest bruins72]

Comcast Digital Cable > Satallite TV.

Satallite TV sucks ass. Does DirecTV or Dish Network have the greatness that is On Demand? I don't think so. :thumbsup:

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On Demand is the one thing about Comcast that I'd like. That would be pretty convenient. It's not enough to make me deal with the rest of their crap though.

Comcast is on my shit list right now. We've got Comcast high speed internet at work and they've been jerking me around.

[Jester of Death]

What is "On Demand"?

[reyrey619]

What is "On Demand"?

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basically, its a Video On Demand program. You can watch movies that HBO, Showtime, Cinemax, and all those channels are shwoing that month any time you want and you can watch their shows too. Theres also programs from cable channels like MTV, Cartoon Network, Nick, and so on. It is pretty cool. I like it

[Franchise]

I have Dish Network and always have something to watch.

[Guest TheMysteryMan]

i had DirectTV for a few years and it was okay, but everytime it rained it would always go out for me so the we switched to IO and it's great. we get high speed internet, cable, and something else but i forget what it is.

[Jester of Death]

well I have commited to DirecTV because they gave me a free Tivo and 26 free rentals to blockbuster

[Lowerdeck]

My grandparents have a basic package on DirecTV. Somethings can be a little annoying. Then again, I'm pretty happy with Digital Cable.

I have Charter, not Comcast.