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.