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Direct TV vs. Dish Network

12-21-2003, 06:02 PM

I know NOTHING about sat. tv. I have been a cable man for as long as cable boxes have been around.

I am looking at Direct TV and Dish Network. I am a big Tivo fan, and both say they have it.

What would / did you go with? Why?

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12-21-2003, 06:11 PM

DTV if you are more into sports etc.
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12-21-2003, 06:13 PM

DirectTv all the way, it comes with Tivo built in now.
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12-21-2003, 06:19 PM

DirecTV is the way to go. DishNetwork is slow crap. Tivo is great =) I prefer Ultimate TV over Tivo but Microsoft stopped making ultimate TV. You can still pick them up on Ebay though.

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12-21-2003, 06:21 PM

if your tv is hd compatible, get VOOM. We just had it hooked up 2 weeks ago, and it is AMAZING. www.voom.com
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12-21-2003, 06:22 PM

i use direct tv, never used dishnetwork, but i love my DTV

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12-21-2003, 06:31 PM

I have DirecTV and it's great. Don't know what the other service is like... but DirecTV always has a lot of good things on. Get all the packages

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12-21-2003, 06:39 PM

Fuck a dish if you have other choices.
Go with a good digital cable co.

Both Dish Network & Direct TV suck during heavy rain & cloud cover. Loose signal in and out, it's a pain in the ass! I grew up where a dish was the only alternative so I know 1st hand. Even had sattelite 2-way internet.

I have never been so happy with my fast cable internet and digital on demand cable.
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12-21-2003, 06:46 PM

Is that true? when it rains you get a shitty signal?

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12-21-2003, 06:49 PM

A lot depends on where you live as Dish Network doesn't have locals in a lot of the medium and small sized markets.
Personally I would go with DirecTV. It's what I have.

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12-21-2003, 06:52 PM

Originally posted by Smegma
Is that true? when it rains you get a shitty signal?

If you have a shitty installation you'll get crappy reception. For the most part the shitty reception is due to some fool who installed their own years ago or a lazy installer. You can also get covers for them that supposedly help with weather though I have never found the need for one and others swear by them.

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12-21-2003, 06:54 PM

Originally posted by Smegma
Is that true? when it rains you get a shitty signal?

That depends on location and installation. It's never happened to me, and we get some ferocious storms here.
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12-21-2003, 06:56 PM

quote from dish networks FAQ:

Heavy rain and snow could also cause you to lose signal strength due to the dish antenna not being able to see the satellite. If you live in an area where inclement weather is a regular occurrence, you might want to consider using a slightly larger, 24" dish antenna.
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12-21-2003, 07:04 PM

you can lose cable if some drunk hits a pole and wipes out the shit man ya can lose anything i got dtv and i do not lose my signal my neighbor used to lose his all the time till i went to his house and installed his enw oval dish and got him a nice signal he has had 0 outages now dtv is the way to fly as said for sports i ahve cable and dtv so doesnt matter

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12-21-2003, 07:10 PM

i hear dish network has much better porn
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12-21-2003, 07:37 PM

When we have really intense storms in Florida my DTV usually displays the Searching For Satellite Signal screen for a few seconds intermittenly. There's not much you can do about other than get a really big dish.

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12-23-2003, 05:37 PM

well KRL i live in florida as well and i think ive lost my signal 2 or 3 times in a few yrs not to bad and i bet my cable has went out 2 time sor more in the past few yrs again it is all how well your dish is installed but nothing will be up 100% the time

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12-23-2003, 05:49 PM

Had DTV since 2000, nice service.

One question: We have 3 receivers with a dual LMB dish. My system sends the signal to a central hub (OnQ Box) in my laundry room and splits the signal to rooms with the receivers.

We have one of those signal splitters thats supposed to work with up to 4 recievers. One of the 3 recievers has problems picking up all the stations the other 2 are fine. I bought one of those signal boosters but it didnt do the trick. Anyone else have this problem?
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12-23-2003, 05:56 PM

Originally posted by The Dawg
Had DTV since 2000, nice service.

One question: We have 3 receivers with a dual LMB dish. My system sends the signal to a central hub (OnQ Box) in my laundry room and splits the signal to rooms with the receivers.

We have one of those signal splitters thats supposed to work with up to 4 recievers. One of the 3 recievers has problems picking up all the stations the other 2 are fine. I bought one of those signal boosters but it didnt do the trick. Anyone else have this problem?

i had the same thing happen with me but i was on DishNetwork. Dish 500 with Dual LNB's. It's a similar setup as DirectTV.

I noticed that when one had a problem picking up on 1 reciever as you described, I would go and turn on one of the other units and then it would work. Eventually I would just leave the recievers always on and turn just the tvs off and on. Never really figured out why and eventually I moved where there was good cable.
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12-23-2003, 05:59 PM

direct tv - bad reception in even midly rainy weather.

if you have digital cable in your area i'd opt for that...especially if its IO

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12-23-2003, 06:01 PM

Damn, does everyone in porn live in Florida. I've had DirecTV before and liked it for the most part, except when it rains and storms. Currently I have Comcast Digital Cable and its cool, but when I initially got it, the damn Cable Guy knocked out the lines in the whole area while installing mine. It took another day for them to resolve it.
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12-23-2003, 06:01 PM

Originally posted by The Dawg
Had DTV since 2000, nice service.

One question: We have 3 receivers with a dual LMB dish. My system sends the signal to a central hub (OnQ Box) in my laundry room and splits the signal to rooms with the receivers.

We have one of those signal splitters thats supposed to work with up to 4 recievers. One of the 3 recievers has problems picking up all the stations the other 2 are fine. I bought one of those signal boosters but it didnt do the trick. Anyone else have this problem?

Get an oval dish it has mulit-switch with four outs, give each box its own cable.
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12-23-2003, 06:03 PM

Originally posted by webair
direct tv - bad reception in even midly rainy weather.

if you have digital cable in your area i'd opt for that...especially if its IO

right on, dig cable rocks
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12-23-2003, 06:07 PM

I have had both and DTV kicks ass compared to Dish network.
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12-23-2003, 06:15 PM

I had DirecTV with UltimateTV, I am now on Dish and it's much better.

The only thing better about DTV is that they have the optional NFL package, that;s it.

If you want Tivo, DTV was a lot more $ for me. Also, DTV requires a connection to a phone line.

And did I mention the Radio remote kicks DTVs ass?
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12-23-2003, 06:22 PM

Originally posted by BV
Fuck a dish if you have other choices.
Go with a good digital cable co.

Both Dish Network & Direct TV suck during heavy rain & cloud cover. Loose signal in and out, it's a pain in the ass! I grew up where a dish was the only alternative so I know 1st hand. Even had sattelite 2-way internet.

I have never been so happy with my fast cable internet and digital on demand cable.

I agree with ya on that. I have Charter Digital service in my area and it ROCKS. A nice fast internet connection and all of my channels.

IF you have cable modem access rite now, you might wanna check with your cable company before ya go because I know that Charter will charge you like $10 for your cable modem IF you don't have their cable television.

One other thing to keep in mind is that places like Direct TV will lock you into a 1 or 2 year contract, so once you sign on the dotted line and if you don't like it, you're fucked paying extra money to get outta it.
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12-23-2003, 06:25 PM

Originally posted by BV
Fuck a dish if you have other choices.
Go with a good digital cable co.

Both Dish Network & Direct TV suck during heavy rain & cloud cover. Loose signal in and out, it's a pain in the ass! I grew up where a dish was the only alternative so I know 1st hand. Even had sattelite 2-way internet.

I have never been so happy with my fast cable internet and digital on demand cable.

what he said
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12-23-2003, 07:01 PM

Either sat. is good however dish network is cheeper.

We have cable in kitchen, office, gym etc. & have dish network in media room & master bedroom.. Cable sucks as only a few chanels are digital however when it is heavy rain dish does not work, however alot has to do with where you have the dish installed..

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12-23-2003, 07:02 PM

Direct TV
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12-23-2003, 07:29 PM

Originally posted by BV
quote from dish networks FAQ:

Heavy rain and snow could also cause you to lose signal strength due to the dish antenna not being able to see the satellite. If you live in an area where inclement weather is a regular occurrence, you might want to consider using a slightly larger, 24" dish antenna.

So true...and when you live in Seattle..get used to fuzzy pictures by way of satellite.

But if want an opinion on which is best..directv by far over dish.
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