DIRECTV vs. DISH

it just work, i always had problems with Direc and cable but with dish i have had no problems

Im thinking of switching to Dish Network i never had has satellite before i alweys had cabel since i could rember. im chousing to switch to Dish Network mainly because of The Dvr Recorder and the package and price.

All of you are wrong. both companies are excellent. dish network has lazy installers who mess up your stuff and so does directv. directv has customer service reps that don’t do a thing for ya and so does dish. Soem sales reps lie, some don’t. plus, just because you have dish or direct does not mean that you went through corporate. There are local 3rd party retail companys that screw you over too. So to say that one is better than the other is ignorant cause it varies with every customer. sad but true.

i work for dish we have alot more respect for customers than direct you dont know how many jobs i have been too where a new customer has told me that a direct opp has hung up on them on the phone or the technician has damaged their house in one way or another one of our best features is that if you want dvr direct tv needs two lines to come in the house to EVERY reciever! ours only uses ONE line so if you want two holes in your house and pay extra for the same service than well….... anyway if you do end up going with dish just ask for an IN HOUSETECH NO SUB-CONTRACTORS!! like DIRECT all of there techs are sub contractors they get paid by the job so the faster they can get it done the better not dish we have in-house techs that will take the time and effort to make sure your install is up to aaa standars trust me DISH IS THEWAY TO GO!

I work for dish so I am going to give you a brief run down of things to watch. If you are going to get dish besure to get atleast two rooms the 381 we use for one rooms is not very good and it does not have a coxial output so we have to use Rca type connections to the tv.It wont cost you to get the two room service as long as we can hook a phone line up.Installation Dish has both subcontractors and Corporate Techs I am the latter.While Direct only has Subs. Some Subs are good but getting them back out there if they mess up is like pulling teeth. So be sure that you get your service by calling Dish not a third party retailer to get service it will get you a corporate tech. Last Reciever 381- single room SD box not good,322-Two room SD box-Excellent,625-SD DVRTWOROOM BOX- excellent,211-single room hd box-ok,222-two room HD box-fair,722-Two room HD DVR box-awesome,612-single room HD DVR box-good.
If you have expirenced problems with the 612 freezing local HD channels latly don’t be alarmed It is a software problem and we are correcting it you wont have to do anything at all. It should be corrected very soon. I hope I have helped you in anyway.

I could go lower on the rating but I did have reasonably good service for a year and a half. Recently, however, my HD DVR stopped working right before a football game (I had people over to watch it – very bad). After working with tech support they determined that I needed a new receiver (taking 3-5 days to arrive). I called back after 7 business days and they said they had no record of my call. I was very upset but all they did was offer to refund the DVR service fee (which would amount to a whopping $2 and apologize profusely) – no offer of refunds to my bill or free premium channels or anything – wow! It’s like they were trying to drive me away. Needless to say, I switched to DirecTV – hopefully they do better (how could they be any worse).

I must say that service wise, Dish Network is awesome. The picture is great and the prices are unbeatable. The only thing that I hate is that it’s a sucky place to work for.

dish network has better prices and they are NON-INTRODUCTORY direct on the other hand has introdutory rates and then they go up to their normal rate..everyone says oh no the locals are not included in the package price of dish but thats a good thing they give you a choice yes or no locals…either way its still cheaper if you add the locals…apart from that the receivers that dish offers are way better than directv’s receivers in every way…all in all dish network is the better service!!!!

We had Directv for 9 years and just switched to Dish earlier this year. I’m so glad we made the switch. The first thing I can say is the picture quality is better then Directv. I had the best receiver Directv offered hooked up to my TV with a HDMI cable and now with Dish and the 722 receiver I’m so excited to watch HD television because the picture is 100 times better now. I didn’t know how fuzzy the picture was until I switched to Dish and got the surprize I was hoping for HD looks incredible now. The advantages I have now with this receiver are great itself. I can hook up an External Hard drive to the receiver and transfer my HD movies I record to keep instead of keeping them on the receiver. The receiver has 300 hours of recording time and 55 hours of HD recording time ofcourse that is shared time but it is still a tons of time. Also with a 750GB External Hard Drive hooked up I have so much space now it is amazing. I should have picked Dish along time ago. If you love HD go with Dish and go with their best receiver the 722 you can’t miss.

I soured on DIRECTV when they continued to charge my credit card for several months after I had moved and had canceled my service. I was in another city for medical treatment and somewhat inattentive to what was happening. Despite numerous contacts they failed to make amends for the over $300 in invalid charges. In selecting another service after returning from that absence I was influenced by Dish Network’s inclusion of the VOOM channels. We were exceptionally pleased with the content and resolution of the several VOOM channels. They came to represent at least half of our TV watching. Last month dish Network abruptly ceased carriage of the 15 VOOM channels. We are greatly irritated by this action and that irritation will prompt us to quickly switch to any other service available which includes the VOOM channels. In the meantime in our experience neither of the two carriers here discussed is worthy of recommendation.