Dish Network vs. DirecTV?

[GoldenBear]

Anyone have experience with these two and can explain the differences between them?

 

[Raj]

lemme break it down for ya.


directv
buy (valid) h card and reciever-$275.00
buy programmer------------------$50-$100
go to www.delphi.com/atsdss------free
(info on how to program)
go to www.metaloid.com-----------free
(files and softwares touse)

dishnetwork
buy system----------------------$100-200.00
subscribe to smallestpackage----$7.00
send card to www.koinvizion.com-$275.00
(free forever)



dishnetwork

pro---------------------------------------cons
no worries about ecms---------------------cost a lil more
international packages--------------------u may not need it
better selection--------------------------may need 2 dishes

dss


pro---------------------------------------cons
cheaper-----------------------------------more hassle (ecm's and updates)
one dish----------------------------------limited selection




I think that dishnetwork is definately the way to go, if you are gonna be programming ur card.
lot less hassle.

good luck

 

[DesignDawg]

Hmmmm...

Interesting how the only response this has gotten is TOTALLY based on the ease of STEALING the service. Not everyone pirates satellite service. DirecTV is the standard. --The real thing, if you will. Dish network is...ummm....not so special.

Ricky
DesignDawg

 

[GoldenBear]

Interesting...

 

[Raj]

it all works with who has the hack.

Koin is private, and is the only one that that has the hack for dishnetwork.
there are a few others but koin is the best.
you can't program dish network cards by yourself
you send it to koin to have it "E3M"d


dss if you dont' have a subscribed h card, you can lose free cable at any time.
sometimes it becomes hard to find a "valid" card so you can "clone" it and
copy it on to your "invalid card"

valid cards recieve preview channels
invalid cards don't recieve preview channels and screen say card expired or call ext 745 error when card is inserted.
clone- copy the image off a valid card an put it on an invalid card.

hope this helps

 

[boomerang]

Supposedly DirectTV compresses their signal more. This results in lower picture quality. I've also heard that this is all bunk and there is no difference in the way they compress their signals.

However, I have DishNetwork at home and I am extremely happy with the picture quality. We just got back from a weeks vacation, and the condo we stayed at had DirectTV. The picture was pretty crappy. Of course there are many things to factor in. The resort may have some hardware problems, or maybe even not the correct hardware for the number of units they were splitting off to.

Anyway, this is my personal experience with the two systems.

You might want to check the newsgroups for some more info.


Click here for a link for programming comparison.
And here for a hardware comparison.