Switching from Comcast to Sat need advice..

[cnaimo]

Hi guys planning on dumping Comcast cable and telephone and switching to sat. Not sure about direct or dish not a sports fan at all. Love HD though ..

Anything to consider? Any good promo's for either provider?

Any help to make a final descison would be appreciated


Thx

 

[Tampa8]

You made my reply very easy. "not a sports fan at all. Love HD though" Get Dish.

I would contact a DIRT Csr here and get the best deal.

 

[mcintire123]

You made my reply very easy. "not a sports fan at all. Love HD though" Get Dish.

I would contact a DIRT Csr here and get the best deal.

Oh my here we go. D* has more HD than E* .... I switched, Kept my Comcast internet and phone. Got D* for tv and hooked it up to comcasts blazing internet. It is great for on demand the speed gets you into watching what you want real quick.

 

[CK SatGuy]

Hi guys planning on dumping Comcast cable and telephone and switching to sat. Not sure about direct or dish not a sports fan at all. Love HD though ..

Anything to consider? Any good promo's for either provider?

Any help to make a final descison would be appreciated


Thx

Both providers have good promos. The best way to determine which provider you want is to figure out which channels you watch the most, which packages those channels are in on both providers, and compare the total cost you will have to pay for the next 2 years since you will have to stick with that provider for that long.

 

[jerryez]

Here is a fairly good comparison site that list channels in each package,but remember they sell both services. Call D or Dish direct for the best deal:

DIRECTV and Dish Network Channel Comparison

Also, Dish has some HD only packages, which are great and here is a comparison of those channels.

DISH America - DISH Network

Good Luck

 

[Tampa8]

Here is a fairly good comparison site that list channels in each package,but remember they sell both services. Call D or Dish direct for the best deal:

DIRECTV and Dish Network Channel Comparison

Also, Dish has some HD only packages, which are great and here is a comparison of those channels.

DISH America - DISH Network

Good Luck

Tells you nothing about HD.....

 

[Tampa8]

Oh my here we go. D* has more HD than E* ....

Oh my here we go. No they do not. Take away sports, which is the whole premise of my reply to his needs, and they do not carry as many national channels in HD such as BBCAmerica or RFD, DIY, E! Style, GSN, TCM, HMC, G4, ID, Cook, Hist2 (I don't think) HUB, National Geographic West? Own, Tru, LMN? etc etc.... If not for the Disney\ESPN dispute, the gap would be even wider. It in fact may be true as to actual count who has more HD channels, though I have not checked, but very misleading when it is stated Sports is not important, but HD is. Dish fits that better. Dish also has NFLZ as an add on with other channels for only $7, with Direct as I understand it you have to have the whole NFL package. Point about that is, for a non sports person, that may fit great, little money for alot of coverage of the NFL and other sports.
Also if movies are important the Dish set-up is better.

 

[harshness]

There are a handful of national HD non-sports channels that DIRECTV has that DISH doesn't. DISH offers many more that DIRECTV doesn't have.

If the channel(s) you need are carried by one and not the other, it is a big issue; otherwise, not so much.

 

[cnaimo]

Oh my here we go. No they do not. Take away sports, which is the whole premise of my reply to his needs, and they do not carry as many national channels in HD such as BBCAmerica or RFD, DIY, E! Style, GSN, TCM, HMC, G4, ID, Cook, Hist2 (I don't think) HUB, National Geographic West? Own, Tru, LMN? etc etc.... If not for the Disney\ESPN dispute, the gap would be even wider. It in fact may be true as to actual count who has more HD channels, though I have not checked, but very misleading when it is stated Sports is not important, but HD is. Dish fits that better. Dish also has NFLZ as an add on with other channels for only $7, with Direct as I understand it you have to have the whole NFL package. Point about that is, for a non sports person, that may fit great, little money for alot of coverage of the NFL and other sports.
Also if movies are important the Dish set-up is better.

Great info thank you...