Going to drop TWC, get earthlink but sat, who do i go with.

4/16/2010 10:26:34 AM

DirecTV. Awesome service.

4/16/2010 10:50:50 AM

Dish. Awesome service.

[Edited on April 16, 2010 at 11:16 AM. Reason : I really did have Dish for about 4 yrs, dual tuner DVR, very happy.]

4/16/2010 11:16:21 AM

Love DISH. Can't complain one damn bit.

Might want to see if you can get the Slingloaded ViP922 unit. That is the new hot shit with DISH.

4/16/2010 11:33:36 AM

this has never been done before

4/16/2010 11:38:15 AM

I guarantee you whichever you go with, it'll be better than TWC. I've been using DirecTV for the past 2 years and have been totally satisfied. Their sports packages (namely Sunday Ticket) are awesome. Dish is cheaper but I think you get your money's worth if you go with DirecTV.

If you plan on getting multiple DVRs in different rooms, definitely go with DirecTV because of their new SWM Line dishes/LNBs. One line from the dish into your house, and you can split it to as many tuners as you want. It also allows you to distribute the signal over RG-59, so if you live in an older home that wasn't wired with RG-6, you aren't totally fucked.

[Edited on April 16, 2010 at 12:39 PM. Reason : :]

4/16/2010 12:30:34 PM

who has the best deal currently? Anyone want a referral?

4/16/2010 3:54:19 PM

I've had Directv for about 10 months now, and have been completely satisfied. Much more reliable than TWC (I think the service has gone out once, for a few hours), quality is great, channel selection is great. No complaints.

4/16/2010 4:20:38 PM

so there's no consensus?

4/16/2010 5:39:55 PM

The consensus is that anything is better than cable. You're not really going to go wrong with either company... just a matter of what DVR features and channel packages you want. Most of their promotional pricing is within a reasonable difference of each other.

4/16/2010 5:41:32 PM

I can get you a friend discount thing with dish. It's free installation ($99) and a $50 credit on your first bill.

4/16/2010 9:10:57 PM

I will say the Dish DVRs are probably the best out there (from what Ive read, plus Ive never had a problem). It records everything you schedule it to and responds quickly, unlike the TWC DVRs. Unless you are a fan of an out of market team, you would rarely use Sunday Ticket, so dont let that sway you...between the games available locally and NFL RedZone, youre set (hell, I pretty much just watched RedZone last year). Dish still does not have fulltime HD RSNs, which is sometimes a pain...neither has ESPNUHD, nor does either have Bobcats games available in Raleigh (if you care).

4/16/2010 10:42:35 PM

i have a couple posts about directv. I can dig through them later on, but you'll probably have made the decision already. Without finding them and giving you a not-so-shady 'sales pitch' I would feel uncomfortable whoring a referral, but if you want to give it some thought we both get 100 bucks off our bills at 10.00 per month x 10.

4/16/2010 11:45:06 PM

Yea im still debating,

It seems like both services offer thes ame kinda packages for about the same price (dish slightly cheaper).

Right now im trying to figure out my internet.

4/19/2010 9:42:56 AM

the ad says direct wins everytime!

4/19/2010 10:02:21 AM

if you love football, you want directv. if you're happy with 5 games a week (mnf, cbs/fox x2 on sun) then go with dish.

4/19/2010 11:55:55 AM

Huge fan of Dish... when I use others who have DirecTV mine just seems a lot better, in almost all regards. Maybe if I got more used to Direct.... but I won't.

4/19/2010 5:07:32 PM

If you care about sports, DirecTV is adding a bunch of new channels next month, one of which is ESPNUHD...really hope this will get Dish and ESPN to make ammnds and get us ESPNUHD.
[link]hhttp://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global/article.jsp?assetId=P6770018[/link]
Dish did add a few this week (G4, Headline News, TCM, NatGeo Wild, History Intl, Epix) though, for what thats worth.

4/21/2010 1:00:37 AM

thought twc already had espnuhd

4/21/2010 1:40:00 AM

im considering dropping dish for uverse

4/21/2010 8:53:21 AM

Been with Direct for over 5 years now...No complaints. Love the Sports Package. If your a fan of NFL then that is your choice. Have not heard anything bad from Dish, but I gotta have my NFL


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4/21/2010 9:07:19 AM

what kind of deals does directTV have going on now?

4/21/2010 10:07:14 AM

I have had Directv for a year now..much better than TW.

I was changing one of the outlets for my TV's (or changing which outlet is connected to the SWM) and in doing so accidentally unplugged the In from SAT line. I reconnected if after realizing what I did, but have not been able to get signal back to either of my receivers.

At this point I have had to call to get a service call set up and am without TV until Wednesday when they come to fix it unless you guys have any suggestions as to what could have messed up my connection...anyone ever run into connection issue's with their Directv?

4/22/2010 10:35:50 PM

anyone ever talked the price down for DirecTV? I am past my 2 year contract so I am sort of month to month right now, but the bill needs to come down. Currently paying $150/mo for Total Choice with the HD, etc. Just curious if anyone did it and what they did.

4/22/2010 11:00:22 PM

^I've never had luck on pricing, but I have gotten 5-10 free HD movie vouchers from DirectTV.

TWC you just call and complain and they'll lower your price.

4/22/2010 11:48:59 PM

I have Direct at one house and Dish at another, Dish pisses all over Direct no comparison

4/23/2010 3:09:35 AM

^ what he said.

4/23/2010 9:10:18 AM

I've just switched to DirecTV and they've got a lot of good offers running.

The cost is about $5 more a month than Dish network, but I get all the channels I want (a comparable package wasn't possible with Dish).

What's even better is the DVRs are amazingly large, honestly have over 50 hours of HD programming stored and haven't even made a dent (84% free).

I've not had Dish network, but my father did in Wilmington and had a lot of problems with reception during storms (clear line of sight, no trees). I've not experienced his pain with DirecTV, only the half second loss of audio once during a severe storm.

5/11/2010 12:10:37 PM

Speaking of their DVRs, I finally got the gear to network my two HR2x's yesterday and was able to check out their multi-room view feature. The implementation is really slick, you just open your list of DVR'd programs and you see everything thats recorded on both DVRs.

Once you start playing, after a little longer than usual start-up time, shit plays over the network just like it would if it were on the hard drive. Rewinding, fastforwarding, etc... all works flawlessly. I have one DVR wired directly to my router, and the other hooked into a wireless N bridge.

5/11/2010 1:06:40 PM

^When did you switch to Uverse?

[Edited on May 11, 2010 at 1:12 PM. Reason : *]

5/11/2010 1:12:31 PM

thinking about switching to directv here within the next couple months......anyone give me a heads up on pricing? I'm not worried about sports packages but i want HD....

5/11/2010 2:48:48 PM

slaptit you'll have to do the math, they work you on getting a cheap package at first but it increases over time. I did the AAA new user, bundled with AT&T DSL (order through AT&T), and their e-mail campaign and pay $30 / month for two HD-DVR's.

If you'll give me a referral, I'll DM you all the details

5/12/2010 10:47:09 AM

how much of an increase are we talking here? Because even if it jumps from $30 to $50 its still a better deal than TWC....

5/13/2010 12:57:30 PM

DirecTV. Awesome service.

let me refer you to them.

5/13/2010 1:03:30 PM

so dish or direct?

may get one or the other when I move

what I care about

Sports
HD
DVR

[Edited on March 10, 2011 at 6:29 PM. Reason : .]

3/10/2011 6:29:26 PM

This is a matter of preferences. HD channels and cheaper price -> Dish. Sports packages, more HD channels, higher price->DirecTV.

I'm still pissed directv doesn't have BBCHD and TWC does.

3/10/2011 9:52:12 PM

when you say sports packages, do you mean add-on packages? Because I don't care for those. As long as I get the ESPNs, NFL channel, local, regional channels (FSS, CBSSC, etc) I'm good. Primarily for college football; I don't care for redzone, other sport add-ons, or other "premium" deals.

3/10/2011 10:22:14 PM

^ we've had Dish since september and have the 200 level ( i think ). whichever is the lowest that offers Speed. I think we had to go with the 2nd level. I get ESPN, ESPN U, ESPN 2, CBS C, NFL, FSS, etc. Don't know how many of those are available on the first level package but we only pay $55 ish a month. Includes HD (free if you do auto billing), 2 dvrs, and a third box (regular). Thats with the special pricing or whatever deal we got when we signed up. I have one of the $50 referrals if you need one. We used someone's when we signed up and our first bill was $6 and change. Let me know if you want more info on anything.

[Edited on March 10, 2011 at 11:27 PM. Reason : more info]

3/10/2011 11:26:40 PM

I think I'm a no go for satellite

north facing apartment in the woods... from what i've seen, I'll need to face somewhere towards south - which will be through a building

any other tv options, other than TWC?

3/12/2011 6:23:38 PM

Quote :

"DirecTV. Awesome service."

3/15/2011 6:32:00 PM

I used a friend's DirectTV system over the weekend and felt the DVR was just slow and clumsy, is Dish any faster? I thought I heard something about Google TV and Dish partnership?

3/15/2011 6:52:23 PM

Has anyone tried out the new TV over DSL offered by Centurylink? I called to get dsl at my new place and they were telling me about it. Doesn't even go onto your TV with a box, it's all streaming to computers. It was compelling at like $9 per month, but they didn't have the usual stuff I watch. If you're into the girly stuff (womens channel, etc) it would seem perfect though. Around 25 channels for $10 is not bad.

3/15/2011 10:54:10 PM

Quote :

"I used a friend's DirectTV system over the weekend and felt the DVR was just slow and clumsy"

How long has he had the service? I felt the same way about the older DTV DVR receiver, but the one I have now is way better. Had it for about 2 months.

DirecTV has a really good deal on their Choice package right now that includes 1 HD DVR and a second HD receiver free, plus whole house DVR. It also includes free HD for life. PM me for details.

[Edited on March 16, 2011 at 3:42 PM. Reason : a]

3/16/2011 3:40:19 PM

I always get fucked up, call DTV and somehow walk away with like 85.00/mo premier.

And the HR21 has always seemed slow for me, but I know they upgrade the firmware on them all the time so it may be better now. Any word when DTV gets TiVo back?

[Edited on March 16, 2011 at 4:00 PM. Reason : .]

3/16/2011 3:59:00 PM

The HR24 receivers are pretty quick. Anything else I've used (H20 and H21) are pretty damn slow.

If you get service with Directv, tell the installer flat out that he will not set foot in your house until he brings you an HR24 receiver. He may feed you some bullshit about them being on backorder but that is complete crap. They horde those damn things and try to get rid of the older ones they have in stock. Don't accept anything but new equipment (HR24). I didn't and the installer called me back a day later and said that he "found" one.

3/16/2011 4:19:13 PM

My wife and I have had Dish for a few months now and love it.

Regardless of who you go with, it will be better than your cable and cheaper.

3/16/2011 4:34:01 PM

We have dish and love it.

Thier iPad app is freaking sweet. Integrates straight to my DVR, lets me change channel on TV, browse my archived movies and play then on the tv, etc...

If you have the new 922, or the slingbox addon for the 722, you can even watch live tv streamed from your dish receiver to your iPad.

3/16/2011 4:47:08 PM

Quote :

"Regardless of who you go with, it will be better than your cable and cheaper."

3/16/2011 5:00:43 PM

anyone know how to launder a grey market directv dvr to add it to an account in good standing?

3/16/2011 6:27:02 PM

^Grey market meaning it's tied to an account in bad standing? Social engineering + account services?

3/16/2011 6:46:40 PM