Dish Network vs Direct TV

[Stimw]

I've had DISH for about 14 years.
5 years ago I bought a new Doublewide and called to get antenna moved and was told it would cost me $97. I told him I was going to just call cable!
He put me through to a supervisor, I explained that I was moving but not going anywhere, she did the antenna move and threw in HD for no cost.
I sold that property in October and moved in at my new property and they installed the new antenna here for free.
If you are getting local channels through DISH you are paying for them!
I save about $10. a month by having my own over air antenna.

I bought this antenna- https://www.walmart.com/ip/HDTV-Out...-Remote-360-176-UHF-VHF-FM-150-Miles/34176799
AND I LOVE IT!! (free shipping)
I get 36 channels and can rotate the antenna to tune them. Some of the channels are the same from different cities but I do get the sub channels.

 

[ovrszd]

That must be nice!!!

I'm in "Lap Land" between KC and Des Moines. I get nothing on Antenna.

 

[roadhunter]

Both are an absolute ripoff IMO. Bait you in with a low cost then jack your bill up, 2 year contracts, phone games if you try to drop the service, bad signal if it's cloudy, or raining, or snowing,etc.... Paying for a bunch of channels you likely don't watch anyway. I have had both in my live and would never go back.

There are many better options out there. If you watch sports you can get that through places like sling which is what I use currently. I am looking forward to the new Direc TV Now which is only $35 for a good lineup of channels. I pan to switch once Direc TV Now is available on Roku which is what I use on my TV's.

Even out in the middle of nowhere I get 5 channels on antenna as well. When we lived in Stillwater we got about 40 channels between the OKC and Tulsa stations.

 

[jack707]

I had both but know I have none to much money every month for garbage now I use my dish for target pratice.

 

[jcummins]

What tv service will give you fox news...and nascar races.....don't care about anything else. On direct TV now, and occasional I'l check the local channel for weather, but 99% of watching is just that.

 

[Pixguy]

I have cable now but am interested in Dish. I've had DTV at another house and finally bought them out as their prices rose constantly.
I called Dish today but they said the only way they'd come to ck if the sightline to their satellite (I have a mtn and tall trees around me) is to give them my SS# and start the service. Sure, the contract wouldn't commence if the satellite wasn't seen from my house but I wish there was a way to ck the sightline without going through the whole rigamarole.

 

[NoTrespassing]

Both are an absolute ripoff IMO. Bait you in with a low cost then jack your bill up, 2 year contracts, phone games if you try to drop the service, bad signal if it's cloudy, or raining, or snowing,etc.... Paying for a bunch of channels you likely don't watch anyway. I have had both in my live and would never go back.

There are many better options out there. If you watch sports you can get that through places like sling which is what I use currently. I am looking forward to the new Direc TV Now which is only $35 for a good lineup of channels. I pan to switch once Direc TV Now is available on Roku which is what I use on my TV's.

Even out in the middle of nowhere I get 5 channels on antenna as well. When we lived in Stillwater we got about 40 channels between the OKC and Tulsa stations.

There's no other option for us except for satellite TV like Hughes. Our only internet is cell tower so we can't do streaming movies. We have no wires connected to our property besides power. Cable won't come this far for one customer.

Kevin

 

[JerryK]

I have cable now but am interested in Dish. I've had DTV at another house and finally bought them out as their prices rose constantly.
I called Dish today but they said the only way they'd come to ck if the sightline to their satellite (I have a mtn and tall trees around me) is to give them my SS# and start the service. Sure, the contract wouldn't commence if the satellite wasn't seen from my house but I wish there was a way to ck the sightline without going through the whole rigamarole.

You can locate your dish yourself. I went online and found where the two satellites I needed to point the dish at were. Then walked around the yard with a pole with the right angle on it and level... I live in a valley and had to clear the house peak and a big sugar maple next to the drive. I found a spot, cemented in a 2" pipe with two 3/4" PVC conduit running into the crawl of the house. Added a smaller reducer pipe to get down to the size pipe the dish folks wanted, then called them out. We pulled the two cables in and he hooked it up/tuned the dish to the two satellites/ and I was good to go. He was so happy I had prep'd it, he gave me several hundred feet of coax to run a cable out to my barn. Here is a link to the satellite info....

Satellite Finder / Dish Alignment Calculator with Google Maps | DishPointer.com

 

[roadhunter]

There's no other option for us except for satellite TV like Hughes. Our only internet is cell tower so we can't do streaming movies. We have no wires connected to our property besides power. Cable won't come this far for one customer.

Kevin

I used to think the same thing, until I tried it. We also have limited options for TV and internet.
I use cell tower internet and stream all the time. It think it's a whopping 8mbps speed but it works. I really just use it to watch college football on ESPN. I'll drop my subscription once season is over.

 

[roadhunter]

What tv service will give you fox news...and nascar races.....don't care about anything else. On direct TV now, and occasional I'l check the local channel for weather, but 99% of watching is just that.

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