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Directv told me yesterday that I needed $49.99 each to upgrade the 2 receivers I have to get my locals plus $99 to get a DVR unit. I understand that the stuff cost $$$ but $200 for a customer of 7 years seems a little high to me. (Now opening a can of worms) Checked with Dish Network, looks like it would be a few bucks cheaper a month, even with DVR, same channels that I watch and no $$$ as they give new customers free equipment. Got free equip with Directv when I signed up too, would have paid for upgrades but $200 is a little much, i think.......
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Let's look at this from MY point of view as we do BOTH installs.
Bottom line:
For customers that want about 120 channels worth on standard receivers, it's not much different between the two.
When you want less than 120 channels, you go with DISH for lower-priced digital packages.
When you want more than 120 channels, you can either go with DirecTV for maybe 25 more or 60 more with DISH.
If you want NFL Sunday Ticket, no question, you have to go with DirecTV.
If you want international, go with DISH as DirecTV has only a few exclusives and have a bad implementation policy of 72.5/95 dish + elliptical dish on an install. For those customers, they have to pay $150 for the 95 dish if for international programming AND $100 for the 6x8 switch which is very expensive to buy. BAD planing by DirecTV on that part and our customers suffered from that.
If you want HD, this is a toss-up. If you live in an area where you can get the networks in HD, then go with DirecTV. But if you don't want to pay the upfront cost of an HD receiver with DirecTV and can't get too many networks in HD, go with DISH. By the way, DISH is coming with LIL HD by this year for major markets. Don't ask me more on that or I'll get in trouble. On the same token, DirecTV is coming out with a 4-satellite dish and I don't think I'm supposed to reveal that either.
If you want DVR, this is also a toss-up. If you don't want to pay $99 upfront and get $50 back in a mail-in rebate, get the 522, 510, or the 625 from DISH. Otherwise, get the TiVo for its NBR and dual-tuner capability. However, the TiVo IS TOO SLOW FOR ITS GOODNESS. Why they'd make the darn thing so slow and implement a fix so late is beyond me. DirecTV is NOTORIOUS for releasing crucial fixes really late. DISH makes buggy software but it doesn't affect as many customers as DirecTV.
If you don't want to pay up-front for either DVR or HD, get DISH. If you want to save money by doing dual-tuner receivers, get DISH. If you want simple, stable receivers for a few extra dollars and a peace of mind, get DirecTV. If you don't mind receivers or dishes going bad every few months or with the buggy software, get DISH and enjoy the savings.
There you have it, my POV from selling both customers. DirecTV has more reliable receivers and equipment (though the new D10's are causing more problems than the Hughes we carried before), while DISH has some QC problems on some of their parts. I like both but in the end, I got DISH for my home as DirecTV would have cost more upfront. I have a 921 and 2 311's as a Free DISH deal. No way I'd have paid $650 for a HD Tivo even at cost. The 921 was only about $350.
Bottom line:
For customers that want about 120 channels worth on standard receivers, it's not much different between the two.
When you want less than 120 channels, you go with DISH for lower-priced digital packages.
When you want more than 120 channels, you can either go with DirecTV for maybe 25 more or 60 more with DISH.
If you want NFL Sunday Ticket, no question, you have to go with DirecTV.
If you want international, go with DISH as DirecTV has only a few exclusives and have a bad implementation policy of 72.5/95 dish + elliptical dish on an install. For those customers, they have to pay $150 for the 95 dish if for international programming AND $100 for the 6x8 switch which is very expensive to buy. BAD planing by DirecTV on that part and our customers suffered from that.
If you want HD, this is a toss-up. If you live in an area where you can get the networks in HD, then go with DirecTV. But if you don't want to pay the upfront cost of an HD receiver with DirecTV and can't get too many networks in HD, go with DISH. By the way, DISH is coming with LIL HD by this year for major markets. Don't ask me more on that or I'll get in trouble. On the same token, DirecTV is coming out with a 4-satellite dish and I don't think I'm supposed to reveal that either.
If you want DVR, this is also a toss-up. If you don't want to pay $99 upfront and get $50 back in a mail-in rebate, get the 522, 510, or the 625 from DISH. Otherwise, get the TiVo for its NBR and dual-tuner capability. However, the TiVo IS TOO SLOW FOR ITS GOODNESS. Why they'd make the darn thing so slow and implement a fix so late is beyond me. DirecTV is NOTORIOUS for releasing crucial fixes really late. DISH makes buggy software but it doesn't affect as many customers as DirecTV.
If you don't want to pay up-front for either DVR or HD, get DISH. If you want to save money by doing dual-tuner receivers, get DISH. If you want simple, stable receivers for a few extra dollars and a peace of mind, get DirecTV. If you don't mind receivers or dishes going bad every few months or with the buggy software, get DISH and enjoy the savings.
There you have it, my POV from selling both customers. DirecTV has more reliable receivers and equipment (though the new D10's are causing more problems than the Hughes we carried before), while DISH has some QC problems on some of their parts. I like both but in the end, I got DISH for my home as DirecTV would have cost more upfront. I have a 921 and 2 311's as a Free DISH deal. No way I'd have paid $650 for a HD Tivo even at cost. The 921 was only about $350.
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Why are ViP922s So rare? like its crazy how ebay has none, i checked everywhere, also, i got a ViP222k now, which is actually activated!
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I remember this in the news too...
www.nbcnews.com
$14,000 spent on rented rotary phone
A widow rented a rotary dial telephone for 42 years, paying what her family calculates as more than $14,000 for a now- outdated phone.
www.nbcnews.com
That is a misnomer. In the old days you subscribed to telephone service. That included the telephone line and one telephone. An extension cost $1 a month extra. So that $14,000 over 42 years was for the service not the leased telephone. There is no way they paid $28 a month for 42 years for a leased telephone.I remember this in the news too...
$14,000 spent on rented rotary phone
A widow rented a rotary dial telephone for 42 years, paying what her family calculates as more than $14,000 for a now- outdated phone.
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Schedule drops tomorrow. Mandatory mini camps in June. Hall of Fame game August 6th.
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I haven't posted in almost 17 years. Over the air, sat, offline, anything-but-the-internet is still one of my avid pursuits. Been playing with offline tv viewing and offline web browsing. I have great appreciations for this site still being here. It's so hard to find public communities that haven't sold out to social media company.
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Hello folks, well my luck ran out last week with a nasty thunderstorm and after 39 years here, finally took a hit. Now, the FTA receivers I had for some years worked great until now. Recently picked up a fairly cheap receiver, online, KOQIT and seems to be good, but for the life of me, I cannot get the HDMI output to work with 3 of my Samsung monitors. I can hook it up to my Samsung TV and its HDMI input and it works fine. The 2 receivers I lost also worked fine with them, so am I going crazy? anyone have come across this or have any suggestions? And, since this is a somewhat cheap unit but works, what is everyone out there using for receivers these days? without breaking the bank? I enjoy watching FTA TV, so I will invest more if needed, what is a really good, detailed unit these days. I'm so use to watching a few of them HD channels. Right now I'm down to composite hookups, yuck! Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Frank 
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Take the cover off, show me pics of the board of the bad one and also the bottom of the board. I'm an old hardware electronics tech plus a satellite dealer; I fixed a lot of FTA and regular receivers. I may be able to fix it for you. And yes, they got hit by lightning; it's best to email me the pics at diamondsatellite@snet.net or call me at 203-232-8888. I give you a 50-50 chance of fixing it; I do have spare parts. my phone is a fliptop phoneHello folks, well my luck ran out last week with a nasty thunderstorm and after 39 years here, finally took a hit. Now, the FTA receivers I had for some years worked great until now. Recently picked up a fairly cheap receiver, online, KOQIT and seems to be good, but for the life of me, I cannot get the HDMI output to work with 3 of my Samsung monitors. I can hook it up to my Samsung TV and its HDMI input and it works fine. The 2 receivers I lost also worked fine with them, so am I going crazy? anyone have come across this or have any suggestions? And, since this is a somewhat cheap unit but works, what is everyone out there using for receivers these days? without breaking the bank? I enjoy watching FTA TV, so I will invest more if needed, what is a really good, detailed unit these days. I'm so use to watching a few of them HD channels. Right now I'm down to composite hookups, yuck! Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Frank
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a good surge protector will help to.Hello folks, well my luck ran out last week with a nasty thunderstorm and after 39 years here, finally took a hit. Now, the FTA receivers I had for some years worked great until now. Recently picked up a fairly cheap receiver, online, KOQIT and seems to be good, but for the life of me, I cannot get the HDMI output to work with 3 of my Samsung monitors. I can hook it up to my Samsung TV and its HDMI input and it works fine. The 2 receivers I lost also worked fine with them, so am I going crazy? anyone have come across this or have any suggestions? And, since this is a somewhat cheap unit but works, what is everyone out there using for receivers these days? without breaking the bank? I enjoy watching FTA TV, so I will invest more if needed, what is a really good, detailed unit these days. I'm so use to watching a few of them HD channels. Right now I'm down to composite hookups, yuck! Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Frank
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Now that I'm retired, obviously I have different health care insurance. I take 2 prescriptions. With my old insurance I didn't have to pay for either of them, now I do. It's not a huge amount but it led me to dig a little into the cost of prescription medications. I have been using Walgreens for the longest time. But what I found was that Walgreens price is 4.8 times more for one of my prescriptions and the other is 2.3 percent more compared to the lowest price pharmacy. If you pay for prescription medications you might want to have a look at trumprx and see if you can get a lower price.
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Actually I take just 2 prescriptions, Atorvastatin and Lisinopril. They cost me $6 each for 100 pills. Next year that will be nothing.That's ok. I probably take enough for the two of us.
God knows what Bobby takes. Maybe so much they count as a meal?
