Direct TV vs. Dish?

BrettSelinsky
BrettSelinsky Posts: 49
edited March 2005 in Music & Movies
Any pros, cons, preferencses in the two? Thank you
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,916
    edited March 2005
    Direct TV = NFL Sunday Ticket

    DISH = No NFL Sunday Ticket

    Case closed! :D
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  • jimed1
    jimed1 Posts: 53
    edited March 2005
    I am not sure about Dish's plans for adding HDTV in the future, but DirecTV is in the process of lauching 4 (I think) new satellites that will enable them to broadcast just about everything in HDTV within the next 18-34 months. I believe 2 of the satellites are already up with 2 more to go later this year. I know they have said that they will be offering 1500 local channels in HD, which should cover most of the US.
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  • fireshoes
    fireshoes Posts: 3,167
    edited March 2005
    Dish bought Voom's satellite. HD local plans haven't been announced yet. Dish has a lower priced basic plan ($31.99 for 60 channels), otherwise pricing winds up about the same. buck less for the HD package on Dish, the NFL Sunday Ticket on Direct. Dish has the lower start up price as far as I know. We're doing free plus a $50 credit on your first bill, including an HD receiver. I have Directv though lol.
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited March 2005
    WWW.DBSTalk.com is the place to go for DBS info.

    Dishnetwork has better PQ, less compression.
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited March 2005
    Originally posted by Frank Z
    WWW.DBSTalk.com is the place to go for DBS info.

    Dishnetwork has better PQ, less compression.

    on high def as well? I can deal with TNT and the other getto channels being of poor quality over DTV..... but The HD on DTV is stellar and on the regular channels the PQ does suck. Until I received Fox HD over DTV I had no idea how bad regular is.

    I'll be patient untill all channels are at least 480p;)

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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited March 2005
    HD is the same on either one but E* has the upper hand when it comes to SD. It will be interesting to see what Charlie Ergen has up his sleeve, I can't imagine him letting D* get that far ahead in the HD arena.
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  • fireshoes
    fireshoes Posts: 3,167
    edited March 2005
    Most people say Directv compresses their HD more than Dish too.
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited March 2005
    I hadn't heard that but I'll take your word for it.
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  • jimed1
    jimed1 Posts: 53
    edited March 2005
    My above post should have been 18-24 months for the timetable of DirecTV going to practically all HD.

    HBombToo,
    Are you talking about poor SD from DTV when watched on a HD set? I haven't bought a HD set yet so I am still watching SD with DTV and I think the pq is great.

    I didn't realize that Dish had better pq than DTV. I am surpised.
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited March 2005
    Originally posted by jimed1


    HBombToo,
    Are you talking about poor SD from DTV when watched on a HD set? I haven't bought a HD set yet so I am still watching SD with DTV and I think the pq is great.


    SD Sat on an SD set is just fine but SD on a HD set is just horrible at times and some channels are really bad.

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