Should i get rid of DirecTV

[Heller]

cable is NOT an option,- i would love to get comcast/adelphia-but its not available in my area-my cable provider only has a basic package.

now, i've had directv for 10 years, but i feel like, i can get a better price with dish,(since i am no longer willing to pay for the NFL ticket)

right now i have basic package,local channels, and HBO. (pay $82/mo)
they want a ridicous amount of $ to upgrade to HD,(i recently got an HDTV-)

so hows dish? is there such a thing with them as an HD-DVR?

how much more do they get for HD?

reliability?(my DirecTV does NOT go out unless the ground is litterly shaking from thunder/rain)

 

[Mrfrog840]

i know you must have 2 dishes in order to have HD w/ dish. more HD channels for right now too

 

[mobobuff]

DirecTV > Dish in pretty much every category besides cheapness.

 

[jadinolf]

Yes.

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: Mrfrog840
i know you must have 2 dishes in order to have HD w/ dish. more HD channels for right now too

That's wrong. My next door neighbor has HD with Dish and only has one dish.

Edit: actually, you might have to have 2 dishes, depending on where you live.

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: mobobuff
DirecTV > Dish in pretty much every category besides cheapness.

Yep.

The DTV rep that came out to see if I could receive it or not told me that DTV is going to buy Dish. First I'd heard of it.

 

[xchangx]

Originally posted by: Heller
cable is NOT an option,- i would love to get comcast/adelphia-but its not available in my area-my cable provider only has a basic package.

now, i've had directv for 10 years, but i feel like, i can get a better price with dish,(since i am no longer willing to pay for the NFL ticket)

right now i have basic package,local channels, and HBO. (pay $82/mo)
they want a ridicous amount of $ to upgrade to HD,(i recently got an HDTV-)

so hows dish? is there such a thing with them as an HD-DVR?

how much more do they get for HD?

reliability?(my DirecTV does NOT go out unless the ground is litterly shaking from thunder/rain)

How much do they want to charge to upgrade to HD? I got my HD DVR for $20 which includes a dish upgrade. Keep calling and you'll talk to the right person.

 

[ecopure]

I agree with xchangx- call............ and talk to retentions. ONLY the retention department. I agreed to another 12 months of Directv and they came out gave me a new dish, and gave me a new hd dvr-- For free (at first they said $299). I hooked up an ota antenna to the dvr and it works great. 2 tuners hd dvr including recording ota hd.

 

[ecopure]