Dish Network or DirecTV - Which is better?

They have the same owner Rupert Murdock

Therfore there is no difference except for viewing packages

choose the one with the options you like

OK, thanks

Well if you enjoy Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead

I'd go with DirecTV because you can't get AMC on Dish Network

other than that I don't see a real difference

Umm.. that AMC thing has been over since the premier day of the Walking Dead this year...

Dish carries TheBlaze and that is about the only news source you can trust these days.

TV is poison for the mind

You're saying this while on GLP...

Only thing that has annoyed us about DirectTV are sports-related blackouts. Like right now - NHL is in a lockout so we cannot order the Center Ice package - its not even offered (nor should it be). There was a 1972 Chicago Blackhawks game on the other night that was blacked out for us....because we don't have (and they aren't offering) Center Ice. We're in AZ so it really made no sense. There have been a few other odd Football blackouts (and we have a football package) for us lately that got my husband in a huff. And, customer service agents never know what you are talking about so you just get nowhere but more frustrated discussing blackouts with them. These silly sport-related issues, however, had no impact on me whatsoever and I love DirectTV. I have no experience with Dish and have been a DTV customer for about five years now and love it. You do need to contact them often to get discounts, they don't just offer them. Once the new customer discounts go away for you, don't forget to call!

Had nothing but bad experiences w/Cox in the past. Good luck!

Stay far away from Direct. If you don't believe me ask the installer for DirectTV when they come to your house.

Funniest thing I've heard all year!

Yeah I'm spending over $200/mo on the Cox bundle TV/Phone/Internet.

Internet is slow as shit, I have just basic cable with no movie or sports packages

Cox is terrible

Thanks

Direct is best, when they raise you, as they will, call em and tell em you can't deal anymore. They just lowered our bill by 25 bucks.
Better lineups.

I canceled Dish network with a 200.00 penalty thats how bad I wanted to get away from that service. I went back to Direct.

had dish, but would lose picture any time it snowed or was real cloudy. When we canceled we had to send in a part off the dish or pay big bucks. Luckly we had mounted on a 6'pole in the yard. If it was on top of the house, it would've sucked to try to get it off. dish also was "flexible" when it came to getting discounts after comittment period.

You couldn't GIVE ME Dish network for free!!!!! It sucks BAD!
My parents switched to try to save money...it was horrible! After their 2 yr agreement was over they switched back to Direct tv.
You only get maybe 1/2 the channels on Dish that you get w/ Direct tv.

NONE OF THE ABOVE

NETFLIX 4 movies, TV shows

GLP for news

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Last Edited by emerald_glow on 12/31/2012 08:19 PM

cable

Basic cable. Price just went up to 69.82 a month though.

My cable bill just kept getting higher and higher with no negotiating a lower fee so I dropped it. My son came over with a set of rabbit ears and it turns out I receive 9 stations so I get the local news, NBC, CBS, BBC and ABC. The picture quality is great and had I known this, I would have never gotten cable in the first place. Netflix offers all the movies for a cheap monthly rate.

I've had Dish for over 10 years, best service, free channel previews, new channels added periodically.
Just go through Dish itself, not a reseller.

Thanks



Interesting comments on this old thread as well. . .

Thread: Directv or Dish Network

Looks like DirecTV is difficult to cancel if you decide to change.




Last Edited by G3 on 01/01/2013 10:45 AM

I prefer NOTV...it's awesome

DirecTV is raising rates in February.

I live in tornado alley and the dish goes black whenever we have really stormy clouds, just when I need weather input the most.

The skootie network out of Norway is best, ya !

Have you ever had Directv?