Re:Those with DirectV please chime in. 6 Months, 2 Weeks ago
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I also want to add to the comments I already posted that in the year I had Direct TV, the signal only went out once and it was during the heaviest ice storm pennsylvania had had in 10 years. the entire state was shut down for 3 days.
My mom also has dish and I constantly complain about the quality of the service when I'm at her house. Her hard drive is small, the channel selection sucks, and the system just seems to be poor quality. Worse than any of the three providers I've ever had
Re:Those with DirectV please chime in. 6 Months, 2 Weeks ago
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Mars wrote:
snoscythe wrote:
I would wait until mid to late July to make your final decision--the MTN will not air on DirceTV until Aug 1.
craigoscarson wrote:
I may wait until closer to Aug 1 to see what Dish will do in response to this
"DIRECTV will launch The Mtn. on a nationwide basis in 2008, but no later than September 1."
http://themwc.cstv.com/genrel/022208aab.html
The Mtn. first appeared on Comcast Sept. 1, 2006.
SDSU's AD first announced that it would be August 1st if you listen to his press conference, which was all the info I had at the time of my post, which was before the MWC issued the official statement. Thanks for the correction.
Re:Those with DirectV please chime in. 6 Months, 2 Weeks ago
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stuckinbig10country wrote:
imuakahuku wrote:
I have had DISH for about 3 years now and almost every night my wife complains about it. We lose the signal during heavy storms (snow and rain). We have to turn off the DVD player in the basement where the main TV is so the remote upstairs will change channels. I called their support a couple of times and get the runaround. I told them I think the dish needs to be adjusted, that it has had various problems with the signal but they want to charge me $100 to come out and look at it. When I signed up, I signed up for two systems but since I only had two TV's they only installed one. I wasn't home so the installer convinced my wife that that is what had to happen. I am about ready to pack everything in a box and send it all to the home of the CEO of DISH with a description of where he can install the satelite dishes! :angry: If DirecTV goes MTN and DISH doesn't that will be the final straw. My only problem is that my wife is so fed up with DISH that she want Time Warner again. She sees both satelite companies as the same. DirecTV may have a new ohio customer soon though if they really are going to broadcast MTN.
Maybe Dish just sucks in Ohio. It wasn't great in Utah for the time I had it there, but it was unbearable here in Ohio. I think I may have been talked into getting DirecTV. I should go look up their channel selection. Got to make sure the kid has his shows. If the mtn is on the sports tier, that is less than $5 more a month (at least on the other systems that I've gotten that channel selection).
I went with Dish because I thought that they were the ones getting closer to a deal with the mtn.
I have had dish for about 5 years now. I live right on the WA/OR border in the Columbia River Gorge. We are surrounded by mountains and it rains a lot. That being said, I can remember less than five losses of signal and I can't remember any longer than about 15 to 20 minutes. I don't have HD so that isn't a consideration for me yet. I have been so happy with Dish that I will wait until the last possible second to even consider switching to Direct TV.
