After my D* CSR fiasco, I checked out Dish.

[mercury]

Just to help my blood pressure return to normal, after my CSR fiasco documented in a post last week on the DirecTV forum, I got on the web and the phone with DISH to see what it would cost me to exactly replace my D* hardware and services with DISH. I have one HD receiver and 2 DS receivers, subscribe to Total Choice +, HBO, HD package, all the locals in SD, waiting on locals in HD, and NFL Sunday ticket.

So for DISH the cost for install is $49, but they waived that.
Cost for one new HD receiver and 2 SD receivers $0.
Cost for 120 channels, plus HBO $76.
Cost for HD is $9.

So bottom line, Dish makes a switch nearly cost free. What is missing?

Well no Sunday Ticket.
Got to get waivers AGAIN for DISH.

The Sunday ticket isn't a great loss since I will never pay the $99 for HD NFL on top of the $200+ I pay for SD. May cancel it anyway since all I'll get is SD.

Waivers is a pain, pure and simple.

Has anyone made the switch to Dish from D*, if so was it just as irritating as D* has become? Better than D*? Worse?

[boba]

Enjoy all the headaches with OTA on your 811, I believe NFL Sunday ticket is non refundable. Good Luck.

[skidog]

What headaches? The only thing that bothers me is no program guide for the local OTA channels.

[mercury]

Does DISH offer local channels or is it strictly get it youself using an antenna?

[briansanders007]

Depending on where you live but most likely they have local channels. Go to their website and do a search.