satellite tv

[Grace]

I told both Dish and Comcast that they are only happy to bribe new customer but won't reward good customer with anything except rate hikes.

Isn't that the truth! We have a friend in Arizona who had DISH. All the attractive offers, and no, they wouldn't give any to her because she was already a customer.

So she told them Bye-Bye, and switched to DirecTV. Then DISH was all over her - offering her every deal they had - just to get her to stay. She's staying with DirecTV - for now. When they refuse to give her good deals, in a few years, she'll change again.

[Pawsitive Thinking]

A variety of weird and wonderful sports..................

Absolutely no control of the remote...............

Never get to watch an entire programme all the way through..............

There are nights when even with all those channels there is actually still nothing worth watching...............

and, my particular favourite, never getting to watch anything on the movie channel although it was added to the package especially for me

[jazzcat]

We had Dishnetwork since 1996 and just this past Feb. we switched to DirecTV. It's been the best decision. They're customer service is great (Dish's was non-existent) and I've loved all the extra's DirecTV has given us plus we don't lose reception everytime it rains. Dish never gave us a thing! Even when I told them we were switching they didn't even try to keep us. The big plus is I love Tivo and with DirecTV I can have a two tuner Tivo which means it can record two programs at once. I can't do that with my stand alone Tivo.

I would NEVER consider going back to cable after having satellite.

[smokey the elder]

I bought DirecTV specifically for NFL Sunday Ticket so I could get the Packers games. I really like it. I think I can count on one hand the times I've lost signal in six years. Customer service has been really good, too.

[Glacier]

We have a Star Choice dish. Had it for years. Love it. I really like the guide. I hate the channel guide on the local cable. The only time we've had trouble with loosing service is when we get huge dumps of snow! After about a foot of snow, Stuart has to go up on the roof and brush the dish off! Doesn't happen very often though. Never had any trouble with it for other reasons. We just added a second receiver so Stuart can have his music in the shop and I don't have to listen to "classic rock" all day in the house too! There's a huge selection of digital music channels that we use a lot!

We pay about the same as cable would cost, but we have one of the biggest packages including all the movie channels. I love pay-per-view. It's actually cheaper for us than driving into town and renting a movie.

[PinkSunshine]

We have Dish Network (and have for 4 years now) and absolutely love it. NOT ONE SINGLE PROBLEM since we've had it. Never lost reception (although we do live in Ca and 'storms' aren't really a problem here) and love our DVR. (And with the DVR that came with our dish, we can record 3 programs at the same time!) I wouldn't be able to live without it now. I love not having to watch commercials anymore. We get something like 700 channels (all the movie channels as well) and pay something like $150/month for it. Sooo worth it.