Any advice in buying Direct TV?

[OhioFJR1300]

I've had Dish for years. It works well and I am happy with it. I had Direct before I got Dish, they are both good. Go with the best deal, you'll be happy.

 

[Scab]

Yes, I have advice on buying Direct TV...Buy Dish Network instead.

Oh, Your into the gay channels? BTW, I can't room with you at EOM!!!

Fine. I knew it was line when you told me you cared.

 

[uctofeej]

I don't believe Direct TV has any "gay" channel access so, you may be a bit disappointed.
Hey I've been nice to ya for too long willy.

:jester:

272 Logo, dude. For Willy's viewing pleasure tonight at 8, "Exes and Ohs," followed by "Bad Girls" and "The L Word"

 

[jwilly]

I don't believe Direct TV has any "gay" channel access so, you may be a bit disappointed.
Hey I've been nice to ya for too long willy.

:jester:

272 Logo, dude. For Willy's viewing pleasure tonight at 8, "Exes and Ohs," followed by "Bad Girls" and "The L Word"

Your scaring me the way you can list all of those shows off the top of your head! :lol:

"The L Word" is that the one where they give you pointers on Lean Angle while going through a turn?

 

[uctofeej]

Your scaring me the way you can list all of those shows off the top of your head! :lol:

As my grandmother used to say, "I don't wanna miss my shows."

"The L Word" is that the one where they give you pointers on Lean Angle while going through a turn?

There's lots of leaning... and lots of turning.... but usually not together.

 

[Silent]

My only gripe with DirecTv is that I don't get any "local" channels. Maybe I'm just some young dork, but I like seeing the local news every once in awhile, but our local NBC affiliate won't allow a signal to DirecTv, so no NBC. Other than that, I like them a good deal. Got the HD package with all the movie channels and crap. They work for me.

Check out the packages. I get local stations thru my DirecTV, but I do have to pay a couple $$ more for it.

 

[rogdeb]

Used to have DirectTV, and WAS happy with it till they had trouble fixing a few problems for me.

Got DISH now, had it for 3 years, real happy with it.

 

[jwilly]

Thanks to everyone for the feedback. Good to hear from people with both Directv and Dish.

JW

 

[evil_henchman]

I had direct TV for years and recently switched to dish. So far I'm much happier with dish. With direct I had to buy my HD receivers (not cheap) and pay rent on them. With dish you just rent all your DVR HD receivers and they fix em if they break, which hasen't happened yet. Each receiver can feed two TV's and you can watch different channels at the same time.

Both companies have good promo's for initial sign up but I always felt direct was more prone to "bait & switch". If you do go with direct I can sell you a good HD receiver cheap.

 

[RonBB]

Be prepared to get reconditioned junk for equipment.

The receiver they sent me gratis was new, worked fine, & have had no problems with it since I received it-probably over two years ago now perhaps even three years.

 

[jmdaniel]

Be prepared to get reconditioned junk for equipment.

The receiver they sent me gratis was new, worked fine, & have had no problems with it since I received it-probably over two years ago now perhaps even three years.

I'm happy for everyone that got new equipment; I'm just telling you I didn't. The last time the service fools were here, to replace the bad HD DVR that had initially sent me, they brought in an open box, after telling me that they would be bringing in a new one. The guy said it was new, and I told him to look me in the eye and tell me that. He looked me in the eye(s) and said, "You're a smart guy, you figure it out. I am telling you what they told me to tell you."

Speaking of, I have a DirecTV appt. this am, as the transponders from one of their satellites are not working on my system. It's their s**t, doesn't work, yet they want to charge me $79.95 to come out and fix it. Being able to do the math, I signed up for the $4.95/month "service protection plan", which allows me to get service calls "free". Isn't "protection" something the Mafia sells as well?

YMMV.

 

[Sherman]

Run for your life - it is a GD timesink. But I am sure Dish and Comcast are too.

 

[zenwhipper]

I have DTV and I would not spend the money again. Its about 95% crap. Well, what I mean is there is just a bunch of infomercials and reruns and stupid channels (basket weaving channel!). But I think that is true of all tellie vision programing. Yah, I've got my shows I watch - but overall TV is a vast waste land.

Scott

PS - jusy had to get that out!

 

[dean]

disclaimer: didn't read all the replies, but here goes.

i have directv.

i think their customer service is crappy. whereas time warner cable will come out and take a look at what's wrong, directv tries as hard as they can to get you to diagnose problems, or for them to diagnose and fix over the phone.

if you have a full home theater setup including hidef t.v. and dolby digital h/t theater, you'll appreciate that directv has lots of hi def channels, many tho not all with dolby digital. big difference, both in the quality, as well as the number of channels offered.

dean

cincinnati

 

[dean]

We have Dish Network and my inlaws have Direct TV. I gotta say I like Dish better. There is not as much delay time in the way the remote works. We are able to take the channels we don't subscribe to off our list, so when we hit the program guide, all that shows is all that's available.

hotrod,

you need to sneak over to your in-laws and program their directv, 'cause you can delete channels (favorites1, favorites2, or all) on directv as well.

dean

cincinnati

 

[weekend rider]

If it has not been mentioned the only difference that I know f is in th ownership of the equipment

Dish equipment you own and if it breaks you have to pay for repairs.

Direct you are renting the equipment month to month and direct takes care if something goes wrong

Quality is even

 

[twistedcricket]

This thread has great info! I'm in the same boat... local cable co is doing a great job of convincing me to switch to a satellite provider. Crappy customer service, frequent outages and a price that is to die for...

I have one question; I could care less about the local channels, but there are some ABC/FOX shows that I'd like to watch... can I still get those even if they aren't local?

 

[Bounce]

We do. Network feeds for east and west usually. Miss something as it passes the first time, switch west and get it 2 hours later.

As of right now, only Heroes and Smallville get DVRd off mainstream networks.

 

[twistedcricket]

We do. Network feeds for east and west usually. Miss something as it passes the first time, switch west and get it 2 hours later.
As of right now, only Heroes and Smallville get DVRd off mainstream networks.

I was thinking the afternoon games on Fox/ABC But that's good to know..."House, M.D." is the only "network" show I watch somewhat regularly.

 

[evil_henchman]

If it has not been mentioned the only difference that I know f is in th ownership of the equipment
Dish equipment you own and if it breaks you have to pay for repairs.

Direct you are renting the equipment month to month and direct takes care if something goes wrong

Quality is even

Actually it's the other way around (see post # 28)