How long will you wait for DISH to deliver before switching to DirectTV
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One month. If no response at all which means new hd channles or statement about the direction of the company.
I'll certainly wait more than a couple of weeks. Jeez. I want more HD as much as everyone else, but at this point I just don't see much HD on the channels D* has added. Maybe 3 or 6 months from now those channels will show some compelling HD content, until then I'll hang around and see what E* adds.
I'm waiting until the end of the year to see if E* adds the HD channels that I want (USA HD, SciFi HD, FX HD, Fox Business Channel HD, CNN HD, and CNBC HD).
Dish was the HD leader for a long time. I see no compelling content yet on any of the D* exclusives.
I can't vote in this poll the way it's worded. If D* takes off with all the VoOM channels, I may reconsider.
It's all going to equal out soon enough. I see no reason to switch. I want Sci-Fi HD as much as the next guy, but not enough to go through the trouble of switching everything. I'm sure by the end of next year the differences in HD offerings will be pretty much cosmetic.
I know. I should have included that option.
fixed...added the option "I'm in a contract"
Maybe Iceberg can add that too.
From what I gather so far from this highly scientific Poll.
"DISH will lose over half of their customers to DirectTV within a year". And that does not even include the ones that already left.
About a year ago we switched from being long time DirecTV customers to Dish. We did so primarily for better HD. At the time, Dish was the clear HD leader, but more than that, DirecTV's HD offerings were abysmal. They were below my minimum standard of acceptance given what was available on cable and Dish. Also, DirecTV's HD DVR wasn't even out yet - and what they did have sucked (a great Tivo that unfortunately did not do MPEG4, or a receiver only solution). So we switched.
At this juncture I have no intention of switching back to DirecTV. It's not about "who has the most raw channel count" anymore. Because all the providers out there have a pretty decent selection now, certainly enough to keep me happy. Picture quality is decent on all of them. So, while DirecTV suddenly has the edge on these things, the gap is no longer big enough to go through another switch.
On top of that, there are still other compelling advantages with Dish. The DVR for one. Dish's is MUCH better. Plus the new features just released (external HDD) and coming up (DishOnline and networking between DVRs) exceed what DirecTV is rolling out. My ONLY real gripe with Dish is the poor signal on Sat 129. When it rears it's ugly head, it's a pain. But hey, one of DirecTV's birds could fail tomorrow, so I'm not ready to bolt on that account.
My bottom line: this isn't a numbers game for me anymore.
At this juncture I have no intention of switching back to DirecTV. It's not about "who has the most raw channel count" anymore. Because all the providers out there have a pretty decent selection now, certainly enough to keep me happy. Picture quality is decent on all of them. So, while DirecTV suddenly has the edge on these things, the gap is no longer big enough to go through another switch.
On top of that, there are still other compelling advantages with Dish. The DVR for one. Dish's is MUCH better. Plus the new features just released (external HDD) and coming up (DishOnline and networking between DVRs) exceed what DirecTV is rolling out. My ONLY real gripe with Dish is the poor signal on Sat 129. When it rears it's ugly head, it's a pain. But hey, one of DirecTV's birds could fail tomorrow, so I'm not ready to bolt on that account.
My bottom line: this isn't a numbers game for me anymore.
Seems a little silly to me to wait, what a few weeks, then change providers to get more HD that will likely be on Dish in time. New DVR, new remote, all the recordings on the DVR gone.... no thanks. I really want SciFi in HD, would love it, but really enough to go through all that hassle, no chance.
How about a "no intention of changing" option or is that the "as long as it takes" one...
How about a "no intention of changing" option or is that the "as long as it takes" one...
I need one more choice:
When D* will make free HD DVR offer and at that moment E* will be behind in HD
When D* will make free HD DVR offer
and at that moment E* will be behind in HDI was with Direct and they screwed me over big time on lousey customer Service and dddddrefusing to set up my dish the way it needed to be in order to get service at my house. And this was after waiting 3 weeks for an install! I called Dish and they got me up and running in 3 days.
No, I don't give people a chance to screw me more than once!
No, I don't give people a chance to screw me more than once!
