ProudGrandma Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 What is the biggest difference between these? We have cable now and are considering switiching to one of these, but we are uncertain which one....if you have anything that you can share that would sway me one way or the other, I would greatly appreciate it. thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 We've had both. I now have, and prefer, Dish. Dish customer service is much easier to work with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yinne Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 My dad has dish in western NE and he hates it!! He has had nothing but troubles. No local stations at all, no NE stations at all. He said that when his contract is up he will go with no TV before he signs with dish again. Yvonne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 My dad has dish in western NE and he hates it!! He has had nothing but troubles. No local stations at all, no NE stations at all. He said that when his contract is up he will go with no TV before he signs with dish again. Yvonne we live in Eastern NE and will get Lincoln channels as our "local"....but what other troubles has he had?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yinne Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 I will have to ask him for you. I know a big thing was the local channel issue since they were told they would have local channels and then when they found out they did not have them -- dish basically said "too bad that is what you get.". My in-laws also have dish and I was looking at their bill one day for them and Dish had been overcharging for three years. They only refunded 3 months of the overcharges, they also wanted to charge them to correct the bill even though it was a Dish mistake. I know some people will say that is the consumer's responsibility to look at your bill, but as people get older some of these bills are difficult to decipher. Yvonne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnMama Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 We have DirecTV and love it. They have more HD channels than Dish, plus NFL Sunday Ticket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowbeltmom Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 We had Dish TV and switched to Direct TV. We found the price, channel selection and customer service to be better with Direct TV. We will never go back to Dish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaganS Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Neither. Roku with Netflix, Hulu Plus, and Amazon Prime. ;) We had Dish and I liked it fine (DVR is a must), but whenever i go to my inlaw's house and use theirs, I am happy we ditched it. Too many commercials and nothing that I want to watch.. The only pro I can think of for either is the access to sports. I can even watch CNN on my Roku and get local channels on the antenna, which we've only used during the Olympics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissad2 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 We have directv and I like it better than dish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted November 23, 2012 Author Share Posted November 23, 2012 my husband just bought a antenne that is suppose to get local stations up to 150 miles away. Then he found this: and now we are considering it....Play On TV...I wanted to post a link, but it didn't work....it is going to take me a while to like these changes.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingersmom Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 I can't remember which one we had but it was a nightmare. Everytime the wind blew the cable would go out. I needed customer service 3 times and not once did they show when they were supposed to (and then of course one time they just didn't bother to come at all). When I finally got rid of it they made all these threats about me returning the equipment and took forever to send someone to go up on my roof and get the equipment down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lea1 Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 We have Dish and we have never had any issues. We were long time cable customers but it just got too expensive. My husband is meticulous about price comparisons and getting the best deal. For our area, Dish was a better deal than Direct TV. We get all of the local channels and plenty of HD channels. We should probably switch though because we hardly ever watch anything that we couldn't watch with Hulu or netflix or whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissKNG Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Direct TV was a nightmare. Our box kept breaking, the channels were terrible (about 50% were workout infommercials) and ultimately we dropped it for Time Warner (who helped pay for us to get out of our contract). I would never recommend Direct TV to anyone. And don't even ask dh about them cause he will rant for an hour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delaney Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 We had Dish TV and switched to Direct TV. We found the price, channel selection and customer service to be better with Direct TV. We will never go back to Dish. Exactly. Dish is not on par with Direct TV at all in my opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delaney Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Direct TV was a nightmare. Our box kept breaking, the channels were terrible (about 50% were workout infommercials) and ultimately we dropped it for Time Warner (who helped pay for us to get out of our contract). I would never recommend Direct TV to anyone. And don't even ask dh about them cause he will rant for an hour! Really? We have had them for years and never had an issue with a box breaking. I live for my DVR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 We've had DirecTV since 1998 and have never had a problem. Our friends who have Dish have many more complaints than we do, including fewer channels and poorer service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAIMOM Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 We had DIsh, switched to Direct tv and then switched back to Dish. I think it comes down to preference....kind of like the difference in coke and pepsi....they are both cola but people usually have a preference for one over the other. I love the family pack on Dish. It only costs me 20 a month plus 5 for the DVR. I love the DVR we never watch commercials. It depends on how much tv and what channels you want. We are more a gaming family (DH never watches TV) so the family package has plenty of channels for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Neither. Roku with Netflix, Hulu Plus, and Amazon Prime. ;) That's us too. :) I have no experience with DISH. We had Directv from 1998 to 2011 (and through 2 moves) and were not at all unhappy with it. The only reason we gave it up was to save money. We don't miss it at all, but if we hadn't decided to try going without cable or satellite, we'd still have Directv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth in MN Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 One thing to keep in mind is that DirecTV goes UP in price after a year. It's the only company that I know of that charges you for loyalty. I would drop it if I could, but my Mom would go into shock. I'd also love to drop us down a level, but she refuses and I would have to find BBC America somewhere else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 One thing to keep in mind is that DirecTV goes UP in price after a year. It's the only company that I know of that charges you for loyalty. I would drop it if I could, but my Mom would go into shock. We have Bright House for internet, and they had a one year special. It's bundled with a land line that we never use (We don't have any phones plugged in and I would have to look up the number to tell it to you.) After we had it for a year, the special price was over and we now pay $10 more. It's still a good deal, but they did charge us for loyalty. If we get rid of the phone we don't use, it will cost us even more for just internet. They'll charge us more money for fewer services. Sadly, many companies do that now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricket Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 My dh prefers Directv because he can go to ESPN and press the red button on the remote to check all the scores from the previous days games and find game schedules. I don't think you can do that with Dish. We've never had any trouble with signal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 We never had Dish but have had Directv for 16 years. We have had no problems at all and I have been pleased with their customer service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 We have DirecTv and have for years. Pretty much problem-free. I chose it because I can get every single Braves game. :thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 We have had both but prefer Dish because it's cheaper for what we need. We pay 63 for top 120 with 3 receivers and the protection plan no DVD or hd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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